Which type of energy is associated with following water it is mechanical or kinetic or potential?
Water, when stationary, has potential energy. When it's moving,
it has kinetic energy. Take the water in a reservoir for example.
held back by the dam, it has potential energy - because, although
it's not doing anything, it has the 'potential' to move. When it's
released to turn turbines, it has kinetic energy because it's
moving.