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<blockquote data-quote="okietool" data-source="post: 4063717" data-attributes="member: 6030"><p>No. Anyone with any experience in positive displacement pumps knows, water is a NonNewtonian Fluid, it does not</p><p> compress.</p><p>Fluid weight in pounds per gallon, times true vertical height times .052, thats a static pressure, pressure losses are almost nonexistent at low flow rates, there are calculations for those too, but they get involved and I'm not up for the math. And the water tower doesn't need to be 115 feet tall, just 115 above the exit point that you're getting the water. </p><p></p><p>This is one thing I am very familiar with and have dealt with every day for 40+ years. That was what I got well paid for.</p><p></p><p>If there are any pumping service guys or gals on here or drilling engineers, feel free to weigh in.</p><p></p><p>If water compressed, you wouldn't be able to test casing strings or pipelines.</p><p></p><p><a href="https://www.usgs.gov/special-topics/water-science-school/science/water-compressibility" target="_blank">Water Compressibility | U.S. Geological Survey</a></p><p></p><p><a href="https://www.engineeringtoolbox.com/reynolds-number-d_237.html" target="_blank">Flow rate pressure losses calculations</a>.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="okietool, post: 4063717, member: 6030"] No. Anyone with any experience in positive displacement pumps knows, water is a NonNewtonian Fluid, it does not compress. Fluid weight in pounds per gallon, times true vertical height times .052, thats a static pressure, pressure losses are almost nonexistent at low flow rates, there are calculations for those too, but they get involved and I'm not up for the math. And the water tower doesn't need to be 115 feet tall, just 115 above the exit point that you're getting the water. This is one thing I am very familiar with and have dealt with every day for 40+ years. That was what I got well paid for. If there are any pumping service guys or gals on here or drilling engineers, feel free to weigh in. If water compressed, you wouldn't be able to test casing strings or pipelines. [URL="https://www.usgs.gov/special-topics/water-science-school/science/water-compressibility"]Water Compressibility | U.S. Geological Survey[/URL] [URL='https://www.engineeringtoolbox.com/reynolds-number-d_237.html']Flow rate pressure losses calculations[/URL]. [/QUOTE]
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