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Agriculture · Q696

Agronomy

Graduate and Post Graduate · Agriculture · question 696

Q696

Parshall Flume used to measure

A.
Water Speed at irrigation canal
B.
Water Flow from pipe
C.
Water Flow in open channel
Answer
D.
water current in small river

Answer: Option C

Solution

Answer: Option C
Solution:
The Parshall flume is an open channel flow metering device that was developed to measure the flow of surface waters and irrigation flows.
It is a fixed hydraulic structure used to measure volumetric flow rate in industrial discharges, municipal sewer lines and influent/effluent flows in waste water treatment plants.