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Spring Magnitudes
A spring’s magnitude is a way of ranking how much
water gushes out of it daily. There are eight categories of spring magnitude in total, with first being the largest.
When it comes to measuring a spring's magnitude, size matters.
But everyone knows that the real measure of a spring’s power is not in gallons but by...bathtub.
1st Magnitude
Over 1.3 million bathtubs a day
(65 million gallons)
900 tubs a minute
2nd Magnitude
Between 130,000 and 1.3 million bathtubs a day
(6.5 - 65 million gallons)
90–900 tubs a minute
3rd Magnitude
Between 13,000 and 130,000 bathtubs a day
(0.65 - 6.5 million gallons)
9–90 tubs a minute
4th–8th Magnitude
Under 13,000 bathtubs a day
(0.65 gallons)
9 tubs a minute or fewer
(One average bathtub = 50 gallons)
Bathtub math brings all-new meaning
to being considered tubby.
