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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