STEP 1.

SECURE THE FOLLOWING DATA

PRESSURE AT WATER MAIN – MINIMUM PRESSURE= 103KPA (15PSI)

MAXIMUM PRESSURE = 551 KPA (80PSI)

TOTAL FIXTURE LOAD IN THE SYSTEM – BATHTUB =2x1 = 2

MEASURED IN WATER SUPPLY FIXTURE LAUNDRY = 1x6=6

SHOWER= 2x5=10

SINK= 2x2=4

WATER CLOSET=3x6= 18

TOTAL= 40 WSFU

ESTIMATED WATER DEMAND BASED ON THE PREDOMINANT FLUSHING MECHANISM USED

- WSFU GALLONS PER MINUTE LITRE PER SECOND

40 26.3 1.66

TYPE OF FIXTURE BEING CONSIDERED AS -SHOWER

THE TOP MOST FIXTURE

HEIGHT OF THE TOP MOST FIXTURE – 6 METERS

MEASURED FROM THE STREET LEVEL

LENGTH OF THE PIPING MEASURED FROM – 38.9 METERS

THE WATER MAIN UP TO THE FURTHEST AND TOP MOST FIXTURE

FIXTURE PRESSURE REQUIREMENTS OF THE TOP MOST FIXTURE – 104KPA

STEP 2. FIND THE PRESSURE REQUIRED IN THE SYSTEM TO PROVIDE THE MINIMUM FIXTURE PRESSURE
(4) FOR THE UPPERMOST FIXTURE = 104KPA (15PSI)

STEP 3. CALCULATE THE STATIC HEAD (B)

B= 9.79 KPA/M x (HEIGHT OF UPPERMOST FIXTURE)

= 9.79 KPA x 6 METERS = 58.74 KPA

B= 58.74 – LOSS IN THE STATIC PRESSURE IN KPA

STEP 4. USING THE DEMAND LOAD, DETERMINE THE PRESSURE LOSS IN THE

WATER METER (C) DEMAND LOAD 1.66 LPS

ASSUME METER SIZE 20 MM PRESSURE LOSS 68.9KPA

STEP 5. CALCULATE THE PRESSURE AVAILABLE (PA) FOR FRICTION LOSS

PA = PRESSURE @ WATER MAIN – (A+B+C)

= 345 KPA – (104 KPA + 58.74 KPA + 68.9 KPA)

PA = 113.36 KPA

STEP 6.

DL = 32.7M + 6M = 38.7M

DL ‘= (DL) 1.50 = (38.7 METERS) 1.50 = 58.05M

STEP 7. CALCULATE THE TOTAL EQUIVALENT (TEL) OF THE PIPING

TEL = DL+DL’

= 38.7M + 58.05M

TEL = 96.75M

STEP 8. CALCULATE THE AVERAGE DERMISSIBLE FRICTION LOSS PER 100 METER LENGTH OF PIPE (PF)

PF = (PA÷TEL) 100

= (113.36 KPA ÷ 96.75M) 100

PF = 117.17KPA

STEP 9. USING THE DEMAND LOAD AND THE AVERAGE PERMISSIBLE FRICTION LOSS (PA) DETERMINE AN
APPROXIMATE PIPE SIZE THAT IS CLOSEST TO THE VELOCITY OF 3 METERS PER SECOND

CHART: A-5, A-6 AND A-7)

30 MM INSIDE DIAMETER (“) SERVICE PIPE SIZE.