Gordon Couger writes

If the well was 300 feet deep and
was 300 gallons a minute and the friction loss was 30 feet of head you would
have to provide power to lift 300 gallons a minute 370 feet 300 feet out of
the ground 50 feet to overcome friction and 20 feet for the pivot. I leave
it to the next guy to calculate the power to live 300gpm 370 feet. It's late
and some one else can find the table or do the math.

Oooh, an exam question!

370' equivalent lift = 120 m
300gpm = 50 gps = 250 l/s = 250 kg/s

energy/per sec = power (w)

250 x 120 x 9.8 = 300,000 W = 300 kW say 400 HP.

feels about right ....

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