Total Discharge definition
Total Discharge. The quantity of a given constituent, measured as dry mass or volume, that passes a stream cross section per unit of time. When referring to constituents other than water, this term needs to be qualified, such as “total sediment discharge”, “total chloride discharge”, etc. Total Head — Energy contained by fluid because of its pressure, velocity, and elevation, usually expressed in feet of fluid (foot-pounds per pound). Total in Bottom Material — The total amount of a given constituent in a representative sample of bottom material. This term is used only when the analytical procedure assures measurement of at least 95 percent of the constituent
Examples of Total Discharge in a sentence
With respect to Allocated Conveyance Capacity, Total Discharge of Wastewater may be limited to Wastewater discharged to a particular Interceptor upstream of a particular metering station.