×
INTELLIGENT WORK FORUMS
FOR ENGINEERING PROFESSIONALS

Log In

Come Join Us!

Are you an
Engineering professional?
Join Eng-Tips Forums!
  • Talk With Other Members
  • Be Notified Of Responses
    To Your Posts
  • Keyword Search
  • One-Click Access To Your
    Favorite Forums
  • Automated Signatures
    On Your Posts
  • Best Of All, It's Free!
  • Students Click Here

*Eng-Tips's functionality depends on members receiving e-mail. By joining you are opting in to receive e-mail.

Posting Guidelines

Promoting, selling, recruiting, coursework and thesis posting is forbidden.

Students Click Here

Jobs

What is residual pressure?

What is residual pressure?

What is residual pressure?

(OP)
I have searched google and the first hit took me to this web site where there was a thread referring to this question.  Call me stupid but I still do not know what residual pressure is in reference to a municipal water system.

RE: What is residual pressure?

Residual water pressure: The pressure of water available in a piping system when water is flowing.

RE: What is residual pressure?

(OP)
Thanks bimr

I am not a civil engineer my background is it.  However, the municipality that I work for offered to provide on the job training regarding civil work.  We have two civil engineers on staff and we use an engineering firm to do all design and such for our municipality.

Having said that I am trying to get familiar with our design standards and I could not understand residual pressure thanks for helping me out.  However, is the definition that you provided not the same is static pressure?

RE: What is residual pressure?

No, static pressure is the pressure when water is not flowing, or in a 'static' state.

Most often, both are used with respect to fire flow.  Fire flow is a large, instantaneous demand which greatly affects residual.  Static pressure is, in that case, not truly in a static state, there is normal domestic demand.  It just implies there are no fire hydrants, sprinklers, etc opened.

Engineering is the practice of the art of science - Steve

RE: What is residual pressure?

(OP)
Thanks for all your help...I now understand residual pressure completely! :)

RE: What is residual pressure?

(OP)
2thumbsup

Red Flag This Post

Please let us know here why this post is inappropriate. Reasons such as off-topic, duplicates, flames, illegal, vulgar, or students posting their homework.

Red Flag Submitted

Thank you for helping keep Eng-Tips Forums free from inappropriate posts.
The Eng-Tips staff will check this out and take appropriate action.

Reply To This Thread

Posting in the Eng-Tips forums is a member-only feature.

Click Here to join Eng-Tips and talk with other members!


Resources