Being that this is a Canadian article, I would hazard a guess that it is 4 L -
but that is a guess. The reason I suggest 4 L is that windshield washer fluid,
paint and some other liquid products are sold in 4 L containers, and these have
been known to be colloquially referred to as a metric gallon.
The official gallon in Canada (before Canada went metric) was the imperial
gallon of 4.54 L. Except in certain industries (such as HVAC), where the US
gallon (3.78 L) was usually the default.
An absolute pain sorting out these weird units - why can't they just stick to
liters?
Today the CDN$ is at par with the US$.
John F-L
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From: John M. Steele
To: U.S. Metric Association
Cc: USMA Metric Association
Sent: Thursday, December 30, 2010 11:28 PM
Subject: [USMA:49343] Re: metric gallon
The article is Canadian, so I would suspect an Imperial gallon (4.54609 L)not
a US gallon. But I also have to ask, "didn't they go metric?"
WHY are they measuring water in gallons?
It's a pretty good water rate in any case, less than I pay. Given Canadian
dollars and Imperial gallons, it would be quite a bit less.
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From: Pat Naughtin <pat.naugh...@metricationmatters.com>
To: U.S. Metric Association <usma@colostate.edu>
Cc: USMA Metric Association <usma@colostate.edu>
Sent: Thu, December 30, 2010 5:45:17 PM
Subject: [USMA:49342] Re: metric gallon
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,
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