Flow Rate
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What is flow rate?

-Flow rate is the rate the water is moving at.-

That is a picture of the flow rate device

What is it for?

Flow rate helps the water go the fish’s gills. When the fish rest they don’t move. If the fish don’t have water going through there gills to live they either have to be moving or there has to be a flow rate pushing the water though there gills.

CHIMACUM CREEK

At chimacum creek the flow rate was 2 feet per seconds .
Dewatto

At dewatto the flow rate was 2.5 feet per second.

Bel fair
In dewatto were there were live fish the water temp was 6 degrees celsius.

in the inlet the flow rate was under 1 ft per second in the steam going into the the flow rate was 2.0 feet per second.

Chimacum Middle Shcool
Last edited 2/13/08