Flow Rate

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Is your creek to slow? Too fast? Flow rate is the

amount of water moving through a specific location. Based on your results,

you can tell how your creek is doing.

 

How to Test for Flow Rate~

How to Use a Flow Rate Stick
1. Plug in “Flow Rate Sensor” into probes empty
channel.
2. Turn on probe.
3. Using stylus p
ress on “Sensors.”
4. Press “Sensor Set-Up.”
5. Press on the c
hannel your sensor is in, and then scroll down to “Flow rate.”
6. Press on “Ok.”
7. Press “File”, then “New”, then press on the small graph in the top right corner.
8. Press the play button below the screen.
9. Let probe c
ollect data for desired amount of time, in testing water.
10. Press the stop button on the bottom left corner, then “Analyze”, then “Statistics”, then “Flow rate.”
11. Draw your pre
diction by dragging the stylus across the graph.
12. Determine the amount of meters per second by studying the “Mean.”
13. Repeat if needed.