How do you compute required pump capacity
How do you compute required pump capacity
(OP)
My previous request was a little misleading. I would like to determine the required pumping capacity to handle the water created by a flood on an industrial building approximately 5000sf floor area, surrounded by earth with only driveways. The volumn of water is created by a storm 2 inches per hour. The soils are a mixture of gravel and clay. If you need to determine the permeability of the soil, how do you do that? Thanks for any help with that equation.





RE: How do you compute required pump capacity
RE: How do you compute required pump capacity
what is required time to drain the basin?
what is the acreage of the site?
ask your geotech to run a perc test to get an idea of the percolation rate in your soils
RE: How do you compute required pump capacity
http://ianrpubs.unl.edu/wastemgt/g1472.htm
http://www.extension.umn.edu/distribution/naturalresources/DD0583.html
RE: How do you compute required pump capacity
The pump will need a an onsite generator backup and a spare cold unit standby, along with operation/maintenance personell.
As previously stated, much more data is needed to evaluate the pump. A 2"/hour rainfall event may not be very realistic. How critical is flood prevention? Is flood proofing possible?
Clifford H Laubstein
FL PE 58662