booster pump stations
booster pump stations
(OP)
A small water company recently purchased another water company and wants to connect the two systems. The exiting system has a water tank at elevation 8176 and the dead end pipe is at elevation 7971 with 60 psi. The purchased system has a water tank at elevation 8380 and an 6-inch pipe rated for 165 psi. I think i need to put in two booster pumps in order to keep the pressure below 165 psi. the total friction loss in the system is 140 feet. The tank at 8380 feeds two systems and the pressure needs to be a minimum of 45 psi to feed the west system. The 1st BPS will be located at Elev 7971, the 2nd at 8280. My question is static lift. Will the first BPS be lifting from 8176 to 8280 and the second BPS lifting from 8280 to 8380? The actual elevation of BPS is irrelevant correct?





RE: booster pump stations
RE: booster pump stations
RE: booster pump stations
It seems like it would make more sense to just pump it to the top of the hill and serve the streets by gravity. If you pump from the bottom, you will have to put PRV's at each service to drop the pressure. The two PRV's in the distribution system will have to be removed.
RE: booster pump stations
RE: booster pump stations
If you connect at that point, you would not have to make any significant change to the water system.
RE: booster pump stations