A flow regulation system for regulating a flow of a fluid from an intermittently augmented fluid reservoir, comprising: a fluid reservoir container; a first effluent conduit (169, 206, 208) through which fluid is discharged from the fluid reservoir container; a fluid turbine (171, 226, 227) disposed in the effluent conduit; a generator (174, 221, 229) operatively connected to the fluid turbine for converting mechanical energy of the fluid turbine to electrical energy; a power conditioning module (175, 235, 238) electrically energized by the generator for altering voltage and current characteristics of electricity generated by the generator; an electrical load (177, 236, 239) electrically energized by the power conditioning module (175, 235, 238) via an electrical load bus, the electrical load mounted to the fluid reservoir container and including digital computing circuits; and a load manager (179, 237, 240) configured to monitor an operational characteristic of the flow regulation system; wherein the load manager (179, 237, 240) responds to a change in said operational characteristic by sending a signal to alter one of: a clock frequency of the electrical load, a mean rate of digital switching operations of the electrical load, and a current draw of the electrical load; and wherein an increase in the current draw of the electrical load causes an increase in the resistive torque of the generator, thereby inhibiting the rotation of the fluid turbine, for regulating a flow rate of discharge from the fluid reservoir container; characterized in that the flow regulation system is buoyant and floats adjacent to an upper surface (151, 204) of a body of water; in that the first effluent conduit is configured to discharge fluid in a first direction approximately parallel to the upper surface of the body of water; and in that fluid discharged from the flow regulation system generates thrust to move the system across the upper surface of the body of water. a fluid reservoir container; a first effluent conduit (169, 206, 208) through which fluid is discharged from the fluid reservoir container; a fluid turbine (171, 226, 227) disposed in the effluent conduit; a generator (174, 221, 229) operatively connected to the fluid turbine for converting mechanical energy of the fluid turbine to electrical energy; a power conditioning module (175, 235, 238) electrically energized by the generator for altering voltage and current characteristics of electricity generated by the generator; an electrical load (177, 236, 239) electrically energized by the power conditioning module (175, 235, 238) via an electrical load bus, the electrical load mounted to the fluid reservoir container and including digital computing circuits; and a load manager (179, 237, 240) configured to monitor an operational characteristic of the flow regulation system; wherein the load manager (179, 237, 240) responds to a change in said operational characteristic by sending a signal to alter one of: a clock frequency of the electrical load, a mean rate of digital switching operations of the electrical load, and a current draw of the electrical load; and wherein an increase in the current draw of the electrical load causes an increase in the resistive torque of the generator, thereby inhibiting the rotation of the fluid turbine, for regulating a flow rate of discharge from the fluid reservoir container; characterized in that the flow regulation system is buoyant and floats adjacent to an upper surface (151, 204) of a body of water; in that the first effluent conduit is configured to discharge fluid in a first direction approximately parallel to the upper surface of the body of water; and in that fluid discharged from the flow regulation system generates thrust to move the system across the upper surface of the body of water.