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Improved Seepage Meter Operation for Locating Areas of High Water Loss in Canals and Ponds

Worstell, R.V. and Carpenter, C.D. (1969) Improved Seepage Meter Operation for Locating Areas of High Water Loss in Canals and Ponds. pp. 26-31. In: Proc. 58th Ann. Ore. Reclam. Congr. USA-OR-Klamath Falls, 1969/11/03-04.

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Abstract

A seepage meter consists of a bell or chamber which is placed in the bottom of a
canal to measure the rate of water loss at that point. Seepage meters have been
studied for over twenty years in the Western United States with variable results,
(4, 5, 8), but these meters are capable of locating areas of high water loss and
they permit economical testing of the canals at any time during the operating
season. These advantages are sufficient to merit further effort to overcome
the problem of point-to-point variability of the measurements.

Item Type: Conference or Workshop Item (Paper)
NWISRL Publication Number: 0184
Subjects: Research methodology
Mass Import - autoclassified (may be erroneous)
Depositing User: Dan Stieneke
Date Deposited: 20 Nov 2010 21:56
Last Modified: 24 Feb 2017 20:45
Item ID: 971
URI: https://eprints.nwisrl.ars.usda.gov/id/eprint/971