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There is probably a simple answer to this, but I haven't figured it out. I have had flow tests done on a dead-end water main, gotten residual and static head, and flows. My plan is to extend this main another 1500 feet to provide water for a new facility. I need to determine if the pressure in the line at the far end is adequate.
Can someone tell me how I would input the flow test results into EPANet to provide a source for the system I am designing. I tried using a tank and pump to simulate the condition at the source, but the results were not believable. I need help. Thanks in advance.
Can someone tell me how I would input the flow test results into EPANet to provide a source for the system I am designing. I tried using a tank and pump to simulate the condition at the source, but the results were not believable. I need help. Thanks in advance.





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Good Luck
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your source needs to match the existing dead end before you add your extension. this is calibrating the model.
it is best matched by matching the types of equipment currently supplying the dead end, then adjusting the items to make them equivelent.
e.g. you have a tank on a hill with a large network of pipes between the tank and dead end line, the large network can be a large pipe to replace many small pipes followed by the dead end pipe, adjust the size and length of the large pipe to match static and residual pressures in current conditions.
now add you extension.
Hydrae
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I have no experience in designing water distribution systems.
However, I have interrogated several computer models such as Haestad Methods, to gain insight into the design process. They are very intuitive but does not provide an increase in experience. A true system design demands expertise that a novice like myself does not have. The computer models permit insight and allows the generation of questions with more substance.
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