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Required Maximum Flow Rate

This form calculates the flow rate onto a specified area to meet the maximum water use rate requirements of a particular crop. An alternative is to calculate the flow rate from needed application depth and time instead of the maximum use rate.

Learn more about the units used on this page.

Maximum Use Rate:
	in/hr in/day in/week in/month mm/hr mm/day mm/week mm/month cm/hr cm/day cm/week cm/month
Area:
	acre sq.ft hectare sq. m sq. miles
Irrigation Efficiency:
	%
Required Maximum Flow Rate:
	gpm gph gpd mgd cfs acre-in/day acre-in/hour acre-ft/day lps lpm cms cu. m/hr

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