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Notes and Comments: The Adoption of Metrics by the Water Supply Commission of Victoria, Australia
Author(s) -
Murley K.
Publication year - 1979
Publication title -
journal ‐ american water works association
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.466
H-Index - 74
eISSN - 1551-8833
pISSN - 0003-150X
DOI - 10.1002/j.1551-8833.1979.tb04338.x
Subject(s) - commission , mains electricity , water supply , product (mathematics) , metric (unit) , volume (thermodynamics) , metric system , flood myth , environmental science , water resource management , operations research , computer science , business , engineering , operations management , geography , environmental engineering , electrical engineering , finance , mathematics , archaeology , astronomy , physics , geometry , quantum mechanics , voltage
Prompted by Ken Mains's “The Effect of Metrication on Design,” the author describes the conversion by the State Rivers and Water Supply Commission of Victoria, Australia, to use of metric units for measuring volume and flow rates and for various product specifications. These units have proved practical for water delivery, measurement, and flood‐routing operations.