1-inch Parshall Flume
Description:
Developed in 1960 at the Colorado Agricultural Experiment Station, the 1-inch Parshall flume is commonly used to measure water flowing in creeks, furrows, irrigation canals, and channels.
1-inch Parshall flumes should not be used on sanitary flows.
Material of Construction:
- Fiberglass (FRP)
Flow Rates:
- 0.0033 - 0.1945 cfs (cubic feet / second)
- 1.460 - 87.27 gpm (US gallons / minute)
- 0.0021 - 0.1257 mid (US million gallons / day)
Flow Accuracy:
- +/- 2-5% (ASTM D1941)
Flow Formula (H = feet):
- Q (cfs) = 0.338 * H^1.55
- Q (gpm) = 151.7 * H^1.55
- Q (mgd) = 0.2184 * H^1.55
Head:
- 0.05 - 0.70-feet
- 0.60 - 8.40-inches
Flow Dimensions:
- Inlet width: 6 19/32-inches
- Throat width: 1-inch
- Outlet width: 3 21/32-inches
- Length: 23-inches
- Inlet height: 9-inches
- Throat height: 10 1/2-inches
- Outlet height: 9 3/4-inches
Installation:
- Level:
- Front-to-back and side-to-side
- Upstream requirement:
- Upstream channel straight at least 15-inches
- Downstream requirement:
- Free-spilling discharge or downstream channel straight at least 5 to 20-inches
Shipment:
- 4-6 weeks from order
- Boxed
- UPS Ground (domestic) / USPS (international)
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