On 2010/12/31, at 05:08 , Kilopascal wrote: > What is a metric gallon? > > http://www.thepacket.ca/News/2010-12-30/article-2081370/Councillors-get-raises/1 > Hotels, laundromats, rest homes and industrial businesses will be charged > 1.80 per metric gallon. Last year’s rate was $1.60 per m gallon. > > Fish plants are also include in that rate increase, based on usage up to five > million gallons in a calendar month. In months where the water usage is > beyond five million gallons, they will be charged $2.30 per m (1000) gallons. > Dear All,
A metric gallon is clearly defined by NIST, with seven figure precision, as follows gallon (U.S.) (gal) liter (L) 3.785 412 However, I suspect that the article you quote is referring to lots of 1000 gallons (378.5412 litres) and it calls these lots metric gallons because the city authorities are having trouble with the word, kilogallons! They seem to be muddling it with m gallons that could be read as milligallons (0.003 785 412 litres or 3.785 412 millilitres). Cheers, Pat Naughtin LCAMS Author of the ebook, Metrication Leaders Guide, see http://metricationmatters.com/MetricationLeadersGuideInfo.html Hear Pat speak at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_lshRAPvPZY PO Box 305 Belmont 3216, Geelong, Australia Phone: 61 3 5241 2008 Metric system consultant, writer, and speaker, Pat Naughtin, has helped thousands of people and hundreds of companies upgrade to the modern metric system smoothly, quickly, and so economically that they now save thousands each year when buying, processing, or selling for their businesses. Pat provides services and resources for many different trades, crafts, and professions for commercial, industrial and government metrication leaders in Asia, Europe, and in the USA. Pat's clients include the Australian Government, Google, NASA, NIST, and the metric associations of Canada, the UK, and the USA. See http://www.metricationmatters.com for more metrication information, contact Pat at pat.naugh...@metricationmatters.com or to get the free 'Metrication matters' newsletter go to: http://www.metricationmatters.com/newsletter to subscribe.