jfriddell
Agricultural
- Dec 4, 2002
- 21
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I'm working on a project where the customer has one large diversion point for his water right from a river. Water will be drawn from the river through a large wet well (like a reservoir can pump) structure using a vertical turbine pump. Decreed flowrate is 4,500 gpm. This system will supply center pivots and wheel lines with an instantaneous demand ranging from 400-4,500 gpm. Under maximum flowrate condtions, required head will need to be ~ 150 ft. The wet well turbine pump will need to be electrically driven.
What thoughts do you all have about the best way to meet the variable demands with only one supply point? The law will only allow this one diversion point for the full decreed rate. I'm trying to get some fresh approaches to this problem so I have not included descriptions of how the customer's system is currently operated. If needed I can supply this information at a later date. What have other irrigators, irrigation districts, municipalities, etc. that you all have worked with done to supply their systems with such large maximum volumes of water that can fluctuate over a large demand range?
I'm working on a project where the customer has one large diversion point for his water right from a river. Water will be drawn from the river through a large wet well (like a reservoir can pump) structure using a vertical turbine pump. Decreed flowrate is 4,500 gpm. This system will supply center pivots and wheel lines with an instantaneous demand ranging from 400-4,500 gpm. Under maximum flowrate condtions, required head will need to be ~ 150 ft. The wet well turbine pump will need to be electrically driven.
What thoughts do you all have about the best way to meet the variable demands with only one supply point? The law will only allow this one diversion point for the full decreed rate. I'm trying to get some fresh approaches to this problem so I have not included descriptions of how the customer's system is currently operated. If needed I can supply this information at a later date. What have other irrigators, irrigation districts, municipalities, etc. that you all have worked with done to supply their systems with such large maximum volumes of water that can fluctuate over a large demand range?