It's not jargon for cubic foot per second, it is Jargon for cubic meters per
second. CUbic Meters SECond. Makes it very easy to imagine the flow, 50 m3/s or
50000 L/s.
Mike Payne
----- Original Message -----
From: Pat Naughtin
To: U.S. Metric Association
Sent: Monday, 13 April 2009 03:47
Subject: [USMA:44641] Re: FPLA 2010
On 2009/04/13, at 1:04 PM, Michael Payne wrote:
I remember seeing in South African newspapers a mention on cumsecs which
are m3/s. This in relation to the flow of water over a dam wall or down a river.
Michael Payne
Dear Mike,
This is probably a jargon word adapted from cusec, which was a made up word
in the water community for cubic foot per second. The word, cusec, was used in
Australia for irrigation purposes. The word you quote, cumsec, looks like it
might be a cusec with an added m in the middle.
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