What is the Total Flow rate calculation?

What is the Total Flow rate calculation?

• A. Amount of water dumped / (travel time + handling time)
• B. Amount of water dumped / (travel time + dumping time)
• C. Amount of water dumped / (filling time + travel time)
• D. Amount of water dumped / (travel time + filling time)

Answer: (A)

Total Flow rate is the amount of water dumped divided by the total time over which that discharge occurs. In a Mobile Water Supply operation, you measure how much water you actually dump and divide it by the time spent delivering it, which includes traveling to the dumping site and the handling time to set up and complete the discharge. Filling happens before you start moving and dumping, so it isn’t part of the discharge interval. That’s why the correct formula uses the amount dumped divided by travel time plus handling time. For example, if you dumped 5,000 gallons and the trip to the site plus setup/dump took 5 minutes, the flow rate would be 1,000 gallons per minute.

Total Flow rate is the amount of water dumped divided by the total time over which that discharge occurs. In a Mobile Water Supply operation, you measure how much water you actually dump and divide it by the time spent delivering it, which includes traveling to the dumping site and the handling time to set up and complete the discharge. Filling happens before you start moving and dumping, so it isn’t part of the discharge interval. That’s why the correct formula uses the amount dumped divided by travel time plus handling time. For example, if you dumped 5,000 gallons and the trip to the site plus setup/dump took 5 minutes, the flow rate would be 1,000 gallons per minute.