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Calculators
Documents
| Title↕ | Description↕ | Updated↓ |
|---|---|---|
| Production calculator | This resource lists the types of costs that can occur in a nursery and can be used as a planning tool, with the outputs useful for application in other calculators. | 1 Dec 2025 |
| Labour costs spreadsheet | This calculator provides an employee's hourly rate based on data added on hours of time away and wages. | 1 Dec 2025 |
| Waterwork storms | This resource allows the user to click on a locality to find information on rainfall intensity, frequency and runoff volumes for an eight-minute storm. | 1 Dec 2025 |
| Irrigation drainage and energy management plan | This tool allows the user to create an irrigation drainage and energy management plan for their nursery, including general information on the business, images and site information. | 1 Dec 2025 |
| Estimating the volume and dimensions of a sub-surface reed bed | This calculator is based on the research findings presented in "Constructing a Reed Bed to Treat Runoff Water: A Guide for Nurseries". | 1 Dec 2025 |
| Sprinkler zone water use calculator | This irrigation zone water use scheduling calculator allows the entry of data on sprinkler number and run time to calculate weekly, monthly and yearly water use. | 1 Dec 2025 |
| Propagation mister water use calculator | This is a mister or fogger water use calculator for propagation nurseries. | 1 Dec 2025 |
| Irrigation assessment template | This template allows the user to enter data on sprinkler details, delivery system, water source and quality, and other system parameters. | 1 Dec 2025 |
| Dripper selection tool | This tool can be used to calculate the system requirements for a given container size. | 1 Dec 2025 |
| Water storage volume calculator | This calculator allows the entry of data on dam dimensions and features to calculate volume and circumference. | 1 Dec 2025 |
| Nursery production RWUE-IF project | This tool allows the user to enter data on dam and tank storage dimensions and volume, including columns for shape, length, width, radius and capacity. | 1 Dec 2025 |
| Catch Can Test - Data Collection and Report | This Excel spreadsheet allows the entry of data for preparing an irrigation system catch can assessment report. The user can enter details on operating pressure, wind speed, wind direction, catch can diameter and system information, and can obtain test results to help make decisions on irrigation system performance. | 1 Dec 2025 |
| Estimation of channel capacities | This calculator uses Manning's Equation to estimate the flow capacity of simple channels. It leads the user through five steps to estimate the channel flow capacity. | 1 Dec 2025 |