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Thanks everyone for your input and the suggestion to move the blueprint discussion to another thread (though I agree, it sounds like the foreman didn't know what he was talking about) Back to the turn-around, 86' radius OR 172' diameter is our limitation without cutting existing trees. We're...

There is an existing gravel road that has been receiving regular water truck traffic for 5 years with little issue. The turn around has not been constructed yet. The truck driver simply commented on the site plan concept with a familiarity of the acutal site. There is no HMA planned for the...

Gravelly sandy clay loam; well-drained but seasonally high ground water. road bed: 1.5" stone compacted to 6" deep with 3/4" stone compacted to 3" deep.

I have limited space for a gravel road turnaround circle for empty 6,000 gallon water tanker trucks. The outer radius for the turnaround is limited to about 86'. I've been told by the drivers that cutting the turn that tight will likely cut ruts in the stone. Are there ways to minimize...

Thanks Everyone, That definitely helps.

I'm doing a preliminary budget for a water process facility that will be using fair amount of 2 and 4" ss sanitary tubing. Does anyone have a few good rules of thumb for estimating stainless butt welding costs for both in the shop and the field? Thanks

Great! I think in total that pretty much answers my original question enough for what I need it for. Thanks, Barton

IRstuff, As far as I know, the centrifugal pump used in this case was designed to be air-cooled, and that heat transfer to the product being pumped (i.e. water) was intended to be minimized. So I was guessing that in this case heat transfer to water was much less than 90%, but to be honest, I...

Speco, Thanks for explaining. That's pretty simple. The complicated question then becomes how much heat is transferred to the water being pumped vs. the air around the pump. Thanks! Bekirk

That's concise, but is there an easy way to estimate the resistance for a pump motor?

Does anyone have a quick calculation method for estimating the heat generated by an electric motor? I'm curious if I can provide sufficient heating from a pump motor to keep a pump house above freezing while the pump is running.

Yeah, I understand the variability. The EPA may have addressed it and I couldn't find it. Most recent EPA MSW Characterization Report has lots of great data on composition by weight, but not density at various points during collection.

I did find an unverified rule of thumb of 95 lbs / cubic yard for primary collection waste density. These rules of thumb help, but it would be good for me to locate a "citeable" source. Thanks for your help.

Does anyone have a suggestion on where I could find information on average municipal solid waste characteristics? I've downloaded the the USEPA 1960-2005 MSW Characteristics Report, but several key pages are corrupted, so I'm not sure if has what I'm looking for. First and foremost, I'm...

Thanks Folks, Those sources helped, but it still seems that I might need to get the ASME standard to do what I want. Perhaps its the engineer in me that wants more detail than I probably need. Barton

Thank BigInch, That's quite a bank of engineering manuals! I took a quick look at the Process Piping Manual and it is helpful to the point at which it references the ASME B31.3 Code. Unfortunately there's not enough there to determine roughly what grade / schedule pipe I will need for the...

I've been tasked with developing a rough cost estimate for replacing the piping system in a spring water processing facility. The existing system is comprised of sch. 40 PVC and various nylon and PE fittings. The replacement system must be entirely stainless steel. Are there any good, simple...