四川石棉县从1974年初开始利用水泵作水轮机建成了一座水力加工站,解决了附近社员打米、磨面和粉碎饲料的困难。因造价低,见效快,加工不用油和电,深受群众喜爱。后来,有的生产队和大队建小水电站时,也利用水泵作水轮机了。到目前为止,全县利用水泵作水轮机的小型水电站已有6座: As early as 1974, Shimian County, Sichuan Province, started to build a hydro-processing station by using water pumps as water turbines, thus solving the difficulties of nearby members playing rice, grinding noodles and crushing feed. Due to low cost, quick, processing without oil and electricity, loved by the masses. Later, when some production teams and brigades built small hydropower stations, they also used water pumps as turbines. So far, there are 6 small hydropower stations that use water pumps as turbines in the county: