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Re: water pressure, was:Re: Shallow well water pumps

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Subject: Re: water pressure, was:Re: Shallow well water pumps
From: "Elton Clark" <lotus.tony@airmail.net>
Date: Thu, 10 Jun 2004 23:51:28 -0500
> alternatively, I was thinking about...a water tower (don't act like I'm
> crazier then anyone else here).  maybe above the second story, built into
> an addition...  seriously.  just a larger, elevated storage tank above the
> house, with the structure to keep it there safely.  just need a pump to
get
> it there, but after that, gravity does the rest.  the problem I'm having
is
> how high, and how big a pipe down to get the desired pressure out.  what I
> need is a municipal civil engineer.


I stumbled on the conversion factor:  Feet of water x .433 equals #psi.   So
, to get 90 psi,
you're gonna have to go a little over 200 feet high!  You're also gonna have
to have 90 # psi to pump it up there . . time to rethink . . sounds like one
of MY projects!






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