Pool sampling workload schedule calculator

Calculate minutes per sampling round and scheduled round start minutes with your own figures.

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Examples

Examples

Try the starting example

Sampling point count
6
Handling minutes per point
2
Total route walking time (minutes)
8
Required sampling round interval (minutes)
60
Operating window (minutes)
480
Minutes per sampling round
20
Scheduled round start minutes
[0,60,120,180,240,300,360,420]
Total sampling workload (minutes)
160
Round overlap (minutes)
0

Try another scenario

Sampling point count
7
Handling minutes per point
2
Total route walking time (minutes)
8
Required sampling round interval (minutes)
60
Operating window (minutes)
480
Minutes per sampling round
22
Scheduled round start minutes
[0,60,120,180,240,300,360,420]
Total sampling workload (minutes)
176
Round overlap (minutes)
0
Calculation method

Calculation method

Minutes per sampling round

Round=points×handling+walking; starts 0,interval,...<operatingWindow.

Scheduled round start minutes

Round=points×handling+walking; starts 0,interval,...<operatingWindow.

Total sampling workload (minutes)

Round=points×handling+walking; starts 0,interval,...<operatingWindow.

Round overlap (minutes)

Round=points×handling+walking; starts 0,interval,...<operatingWindow.

Symbols and units
a
Sampling point count
b
Handling minutes per point
c
Total route walking time (minutes)
d
Required sampling round interval (minutes)
e
Operating window (minutes)

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Assumptions & limits

Assumptions & limits

  • User supplies required sampling interval; no water-quality compliance claim. Supported limits: All required fields must be finite values of the exact declared type and within displayed bounds. Lists contain1–1000 finite numbers. JSON tables are numeric rectangular rows, at most100 rows and30 columns; individual tools have stricter shape/domain constraints. User supplies required sampling interval; no water-quality compliance claim.
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