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Re: water pressure, was:Re: Shallow well water pumps

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Subject: Re: water pressure, was:Re: Shallow well water pumps
From: "Steven W. Reilly" <luckyone@sentex.ca>
Date: Fri, 11 Jun 2004 00:53:10 -0400
Hey Scott

To get 90psi of pressure, you would have to build a tower over 200 feet 
higher than the outlet!

Steve



>alternatively, I was thinking about...a water tower (don't act like I'm 
>crazier then anyone else here).  maybe above the second story, built into 
>an addition...  seriously.  just a larger, elevated storage tank above the 
>house, with the structure to keep it there safely.  just need a pump to 
>get it there, but after that, gravity does the rest.  the problem I'm 
>having is how high, and how big a pipe down to get the desired pressure 
>out.  what I need is a municipal civil engineer.






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