BS 3680-3Q:2002

Withdrawn

Measurement of liquid flow in open channels Guidelines for safe working practice in river flow measurement

Available format(s)

Hardcopy , PDF

Withdrawn date

31-07-2010

Language(s)

English

Published date

22-02-2002

Publisher

British Standards Institution

Committees responsible
Foreword
0 Introduction
  0.1 The Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974
  0.2 Relevance of the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act to
      river flow
  0.3 Personal responsibility
1 Scope
2 Normative references
3 Terms and definitions
  3.1 stilling well
  3.2 double manning
  3.3 triple manning
4 General considerations
  4.1 Planning and preparation
  4.2 Equipment
  4.3 First aid equipment and procedures
  4.4 Alcohol and drugs
5 Work at river level and at flow gauging stations
  5.1 General
  5.2 General water safety precautions
  5.3 Routine maintenance and operations of gauging stations
6 River gauging
  6.1 General precautions
  6.2 Gauging by wading
  6.3 Gauging by cableway
  6.4 Gauging by person-carrying cableway
  6.5 Gauging from bridges
  6.6 Gauging by boat
  6.7 Surveying of cross-sections
Annex A (informative) Risk assessment
  A.1 Pro formas for risk assessment in wade gauging
Bibliography

Recommends on the factors which should be included in any assessment of the risks associated with the various tasks involved in the operation and maintenance of sites used for the measurement of level and flow in open channels.

Committee	CPI/113
DevelopmentNote	Supersedes BS 3680-3Q(1993) and 98/124567 DC (03/2002)
DocumentType	Standard
Pages	24
PublisherName	British Standards Institution
Status	Withdrawn
Supersedes	BS 3680-3Q:1993

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