Thecalculationaccuracyofthesuspendedsedimenttransportratereliesonthatoftheverticaldistributionoftheparticleconcentration,theparticlevelocitydistributionandthereferenceconcentration.Inviewofthelimitationsoftheprevionsformulasforboththevelocityandtheconcentrationdistributions,generalexpressionsareintroducedtothecalculationofsus-pendedsedimenttransportrate.Basedontheseanalyses,asimpleandpracticalcalculationmodelisgiveninthepresentpaper.