Reclamation Information Sharing Environment (RISE)

Since 2016 the Bureau of Reclamation (Reclamation) and other government agencies, professional organizations, contractors, and coating manufacturers collaborated to advance technologies and promote information sharing to achieve long term corrosion protection of penstocks and other critical piping. The goal was to identify improved materials and application methods for penstocks and other large and small diameter pipe in hydropower facilities. This report documents the highlighted activities of the collaborators, e.g. workshops, case study exchanges, and publications. The future areas of research and development are indicated for autonomous (unmanned) robotic relining of large pipes, small diameter pipe relining technologies (less than 18-inch), and economic study of robotic pipe relining technology.