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    This document provides instructions to calculate water supply parameters for two scenarios: 1) A residential home supplied by a 3.12 mile long cast iron pipe. Calculations show the static, dynamic and actual water pressures are sufficient without a pressure reducing valve. 2) A facility supplied by a 4.1 mile pipe. Calculations find a total dynamic head of 166ft and actual pressure of 72psi at the water meter. The static head at a second floor sink is 163ft. 3) Calculations for the facility find an actual pressure of 60psi at the second floor sink, accounting for head losses from the water tower to the meter and from the meter to the sink.

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    This document provides instructions to calculate water supply parameters for two scenarios: 1) A residential home supplied by a 3.12 mile long cast iron pipe. Calculations show the static, dynamic and actual water pressures are sufficient without a pressure reducing valve. 2) A facility supplied by a 4.1 mile pipe. Calculations find a total dynamic head of 166ft and actual pressure of 72psi at the water meter. The static head at a second floor sink is 163ft. 3) Calculations for the facility find an actual pressure of 60psi at the second floor sink, accounting for head losses from the water tower to the meter and from the meter to the sink.

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    This document provides instructions to calculate water supply parameters for two scenarios: 1) A residential home supplied by a 3.12 mile long cast iron pipe. Calculations show the static, dynamic and actual water pressures are sufficient without a pressure reducing valve. 2) A facility supplied by a 4.1 mile pipe. Calculations find a total dynamic head of 166ft and actual pressure of 72psi at the water meter. The static head at a second floor sink is 163ft. 3) Calculations for the facility find an actual pressure of 60psi at the second floor sink, accounting for head losses from the water tower to the meter and from the meter to the sink.

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    Procedure

    Complete water supply calculations for each of the following.

    1. Complete the following calculations for your affordable home in your engineering
    notebook or journal.
    Water Supply Line Facts
     The water line is 15 years old and is located 6 feet below 10th Street.
     The elevation at the lowest point of the tower’s water cavity is 872.81 ft.
     The pipe’s diameter is 8 in.
     The pipe’s length is 3.12 miles.
     The pipe is cast iron.
     The pipe has seven 90 degree flanged elbows and one 45 degree flanged
    elbow.
     The pipe’s flow rate is 100 gpm.

    a. Calculate the static head at the point of discharge under 10th street
    excluding head loss.
    872.81 – 763 = 109.81ft

    b. Calculate the head loss, including the losses for pipe fittings.
    (3.12) x (5280) = 16473.6
    16473.6 + 91.7 = 16565.3
    10.44 x (16565.3) x (100)^1.85/(100)^1.85 x (8)^4.8655 = 6.9ft  7ft

    c. Calculate the dynamic head at the point of discharge under 10th Street.
    109.81 - 7= 102.81

    d. Calculate the actual pressure in front of the house.


    102.81 x 1/2.31 = 44.51

    e. Is the actual pressure sufficient for residential use? Should a pressure


    reducing valve be installed?

    Yes it is sufficient because the psi is in the range of 40 (minimum) and 80


    (maximum) psi.

    2. A facility that receives water at an elevation of 350 ft at the water meter is 4.1
    miles from the water tower. The water level in the tower is 527 ft. The water flow

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    Civil Engineering and Architecture Activity 2.3.8 Residential Water Supply – Page 1
    is rate is 110 gpm. Assume an 8 in. ductile or cast iron pipe with flanged fittings.
    The supply line includes the following fittings:
     2-90 degree elbows
     2 gate valves
     17 line flow tees
     6 branch flow tees
     1 swing check valve

    a. Find the total dynamic head and actual water pressure at the water meter of
    this facility.

    Static head is 527 - 350 = 177ft

    (4.1) x (5280) = 21648


    21648 + 344.3 = 21992.3
    10.44 x (21992.3) x (110)^1.85/ (100)^1.85 x (8)^4.8655 = 11.05ft -> 11ft Head Loss

    Dynamic head is 177 – 11 = 166ft

    Actual pressure is 166 x 1/2.31 = 72 psi

    b. What is the static head at a sink on the second floor if the sink faucet
    elevation is 14 feet above the meter elevation? Hint: static head depends only
    on elevation.

    527 – 364 = 163ft

    c. The water supply line from the meter to the house and up to the second floor
    sink is a 1” copper pipe with screwed fittings. If the pipe from the meter to the
    second floor is a total of 75 feet long and includes four line flow tees, a swing
    check valve and seven regular 90- degree elbow, calculate the actual
    pressure at the sink. Assume a flow rate of 10 gpm. Hint: the actual pressure
    at the sink is affected by the head loss from the water tower to the sink (which
    included head loss from the tower to the meter and from the meter to the
    sink).

    1 in copper pipe
    Head loss 11ft + 13ft = 24
    163 – 24 = 139ft
    Actual pressure 139 x 1/2.31 = 60 psi

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