DISCHARGE RATES (CFS) FOR PVC DRAINS RUNNING FULL

(Conversion: 1 CFS = 1.7 m3/ minute)

(Assumes pipe has one 90-degree bend. Flow increases approx 2-8% with no bends,
with greatest difference at shorter pipe lengths and higher diameters)

PVC PIPE. DIAMETER 2 inches

LENGTH OF PIPE (FT)
HEAD (FT) 20 40 100 200 500 1000
1 0.061 0.047 0.031 0.023 0.014 0.010
2 0.086 0.066 0.044 0.032 0.020 0.014
3 0.106 0.081 0.054 0.039 0.025 0.018
4 0.122 0.094 0.062 0.045 0.029 0.020
5 0.137 0.105 0.070 0.050 0.032 0.023
10 0.193 0.148 0.099 0.071 0.046 0.032
15 0.237 0.181 0.121 0.087 0.056 0.040
20 0.274 0.209 0.140 0.101 0.064 0.046
30 0.335 0.256 0.171 0.123 0.079 0.056
50 0.432 0.331 0.221 0.159 0.102 0.072
100 0.612 0.468 0.312 0.225 0.144 0.102

PVC PIPE. DIAMETER 3 inches

LENGTH OF PIPE (FT)
HEAD (FT) 20 40 100 200 500 1000
1 0.164 0.130 0.090 0.065 0.042 0.030
2 0.232 0.184 0.127 0.093 0.060 0.043
3 0.284 0.226 0.155 0.113 0.073 0.052
4 0.328 0.260 0.179 0.131 0.084 0.060
5 0.367 0.291 0.200 0.146 0.094 0.067
10 0.519 0.412 0.283 0.207 0.134 0.095
15 0.635 0.504 0.347 0.253 0.164 0.116
20 0.734 0.582 0.401 0.293 0.189 0.134
30 0.898 0.713 0.491 0.358 0.231 0.165
50 1.160 0.921 0.634 0.463 0.299 0.213
100 1.640 1.302 0.896 0.654 0.422 0.301

PVC PIPE. DIAMETER 4 inches

LENGTH OF PIPE (FT)
HEAD (FT) 20 40 100 200 500 1000
1 0.323 0.265 0.188 0.139 0.090 0.065
2 0.457 0.374 0.265 0.196 0.128 0.091
3 0.560 0.459 0.325 0.240 0.156 0.112
4 0.647 0.530 0.375 0.278 0.181 0.129
5 0.723 0.592 0.420 0.310 0.202 0.144
10 1.023 0.837 0.594 0.439 0.286 0.204
15 1.253 1.025 0.727 0.538 0.350 0.250
20 1.446 1.184 0.839 0.621 0.404 0.289

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 30 1.772 1.450 1.028 0.760 0.495 0.353
50 2.287 1.872 1.327 0.981 0.639 0.456
100 3.234 2.648 1.877 1.388 0.903 0.645

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PVC PIPE. DIAMETER 6 inches

LENGTH OF PIPE (FT)

HEAD (FT) 20 40 100 200 500 1000
1 0.828 0.707 0.525 0.397 0.263 0.189
2 1.170 1.000 0.743 0.562 0.372 0.267
3 1.434 1.224 0.910 0.688 0.456 0.327
4 1.655 1.414 1.050 0.795 0.526 0.378
5 1.851 1.581 1.174 0.888 0.588 0.423
10 2.617 2.235 1.661 1.257 0.832 0.598
15 3.205 2.738 2.034 1.539 1.019 0.732
20 3.701 3.161 2.349 1.777 1.176 0.845
30 4.533 3.872 2.876 2.176 1.441 1.035
50 5.852 4.998 3.713 2.810 1.860 1.336
100 8.277 7.069 5.252 3.973 2.630 1.890

PVC PIPE. DIAMETER 8 inches

LENGTH OF PIPE (FT)

HEAD (FT) 20 40 100 200 500 1000
1 1.543 1.365 1.062 0.825 0.557 0.404
2 2.182 1.930 1.501 1.166 0.788 0.571
3 2.672 2.364 1.839 1.428 0.965 0.699
4 3.086 2.730 2.123 1.649 1.114 0.807
5 3.450 3.052 2.374 1.844 1.246 0.902
10 4.879 4.316 3.357 2.607 1.762 1.276
15 5.976 5.286 4.112 3.193 2.158 1.563
20 6.900 6.104 4.748 3.687 2.491 1.805
30 8.451 7.476 5.815 4.516 3.051 2.210
50 10.910 9.651 7.507 5.830 3.939 2.853
100 15.429 13.648 10.617 8.245 5.571 4.035

PVC PIPE. DIAMETER 10 inches

LENGTH OF PIPE (FT)

HEAD (FT) 20 40 100 200 500 1000
1 2.502 2.263 1.820 1.444 0.994 0.725
2 3.538 3.200 2.574 2.042 1.406 1.026
3 4.333 3.920 3.153 2.501 1.722 1.256
4 5.004 4.526 3.640 2.888 1.988 1.451
5 5.594 5.060 4.070 3.229 2.222 1.622
10 7.912 7.156 5.756 4.567 3.143 2.294
15 9.690 8.764 7.049 5.593 3.849 2.810
20 11.189 10.120 8.140 6.459 4.445 3.244
30 13.704 12.395 9.969 7.910 5.444 3.973
50 17.691 16.002 12.871 10.212 7.028 5.129

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PVC PIPE. DIAMETER 12 inches

LENGTH OF PIPE (FT)

HEAD (FT) 20 40 100 200 500 1000
1 3.692 3.395 2.805 2.269 1.590 1.169
2 5.222 4.801 3.967 3.209 2.248 1.653
3 6.395 5.880 4.859 3.930 2.753 2.025
4 7.385 6.789 5.610 4.538 3.179 2.338
5 8.257 7.591 6.272 5.073 3.554 2.614
10 11.676 10.735 8.871 7.175 5.027 3.697
15 14.301 13.147 10.864 8.787 6.156 4.528
20 16.513 15.181 12.545 10.147 7.109 5.228
30 20.224 18.593 15.364 12.427 8.706 6.403
50 26.109 24.003 19.835 16.043 11.240 8.267

PVC PIPE. DIAMETER 15 inches

LENGTH OF PIPE (FT)

HEAD (FT) 20 40 100 200 500 1000
1 5.910 5.529 4.715 3.910 2.809 2.090
2 8.359 7.819 6.669 5.530 3.973 2.956
3 10.237 9.576 8.167 6.772 4.866 3.620
4 11.821 11.058 9.431 7.820 5.618 4.180
5 13.216 12.363 10.544 8.743 6.282 4.674
10 18.690 17.484 14.911 12.365 8.884 6.610
15 22.891 21.413 18.263 15.143 10.880 8.095
20 26.432 24.726 21.088 17.486 12.563 9.348
30 32.372 30.283 25.827 21.416 15.387 11.449
50 41.793 39.095 33.343 27.648 19.864 14.780

PVC PIPE. DIAMETER 18 inches

LENGTH OF PIPE (FT)

HEAD (FT) 20 40 100 200 500 1000
1 8.645 5.684 4.965 4.204 3.091 2.326
2 12.226 8.039 7.022 5.945 4.371 3.290
3 14.974 9.845 8.600 7.281 5.354 4.029
4 17.290 11.368 9.930 8.407 6.182 4.652
5 19.331 12.710 11.102 9.400 6.912 5.202
10 27.338 17.975 15.701 13.293 9.774 7.356
15 33.482 22.015 19.229 16.281 11.971 9.009
20 38.662 25.421 22.204 18.799 13.823 10.403
30 47.351 31.134 27.195 23.024 16.930 12.741
50 61.130 40.193 35.108 29.724 21.856 16.449

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