Tilak Conrad
New Member
Hi Everybody
Thanks for permitting me on board and please forgive what are likely two stupid/obvious question. I am not a plumber etc but am interested in understanding how this is calculated for my situation to ascertain whether I am being as efficient as possible in terms of operational cost as we have a very high cost of electricity. I'm based in a remote part of Sri Lanka and any advice is gratefully solicited.
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Thanks very much in advance for any advice
regards
Tilak
Thanks for permitting me on board and please forgive what are likely two stupid/obvious question. I am not a plumber etc but am interested in understanding how this is calculated for my situation to ascertain whether I am being as efficient as possible in terms of operational cost as we have a very high cost of electricity. I'm based in a remote part of Sri Lanka and any advice is gratefully solicited.
- I have a borewell 570ft deep - 6 inches internal diameter.
- The water comes up to 30ft below the ground level
- I have a 3Hp submersible pump that is suspended 130ft below the ground level - meaning it has about 100ft of water above the pump.
- The outlet pipe (2inch) runs straight up and then also (2 inch) horizontally for 40ft and the water drops into a ground tank.
- The pump is currently delivering 200 l/min - 12,000 l/hr
- The well supposedly has a recharge rate in excess of 500 l/min - I am not able to test this but I have run my pump for 18 hours with no issues so it seems certainly to have a recharge rate above 200 l/min in this period which is the worst drought we've had in decades.
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- What is my actual head? Is it 130ft or 30ft (plus presumably the impact of the horizontal run - and roughly how much is this impact).
- Is it more efficient to raise the pump somewhat - ensuring that water always remains above the pump?
Thanks very much in advance for any advice
regards
Tilak