Ka har'a meaho ea sejoale-joale ea hydrological, haholo lits'ebetsong tsa matamo le matamo, lebota la penstock sluice gate e eme e le mokhoa oa bohlokoa bakeng sa taolo e nepahetseng ea metsi. Sebopeho sena se ikhethileng, seo hangata se bitsoang li-valve tsa penstock kapa li-valve tse kentsoeng leboteng, se etselitsoe ho laola phallo ea metsi ka heke e thellang e thellang kapa e thellang e kopantsoeng le meaho ea konkreite kapa ea masonry. Mekhoa ea ts'ebetso e tloha ho mekhoa ea liheke tsa penstock - e loketseng bakeng sa lits'ebetso tse tlaase tse hlokang taolo ea batho ka ho toba-ho ea ho li-setups tse tsoetseng pele tse ikemetseng, tse nolofalletsang ho lokisoa hantle ha maemo a metsi le litekanyetso tsa phallo ho finyella litlhoko tsa ts'ebetso.

Joalo ka lejoe la sekhutlo la boenjiniere ba hydraulic, heke ea penstock sluice ea lebota e fana ka mohlala oa motsoako oa ho nepahala, ho tšoarella le ho ikamahanya le maemo. Hore na e sebetsa joalo ka heke ea penstock ka letsoho ho nosetsong ha maemo a manyane kapa mochini o ikemetseng oa pene ea lebota matamong a maholo a fehloang ka metsi, karolo ea eona ho leka-lekanya phepelo ea metsi, ho thibela likhohola, le ho matlafatsa polokeho ea meralo e ntse e ke ke ea bapisoa.