Running a Garden Hose 16.8 Miles.....

Paintedcow · 2016-03-22T03:55:34+00:00

A friend of mine lives 16.8 miles from me. His well pump appears to have died. I went there and checked it for him, and there is power going to the submersible pump, but no water coming out. I also popped off the well cover and can not hear any sound, where a pump can usually be heard. I told him that he need to get a well driller, or plumber who can pull the pump. Anyhow, I was just joking around, when I told him that he's welcome to run a garden hose from my house to his place. We got to laughing about this, and said it would probably take at least 500 50ft hoses. It turns out I was way off..... On my way home, I watched the odometer. He's 16.8 miles away. That's 88,704 feet. (roughly 1775 50ft garden hoses). Anyhow, this is just nonsense, but I was thinking about it, and wonder if there would be any pressure at the end of 1775 hoses. First off, the hoses would have to go thru culverts so they were not driven over. Then the hose would be going up and down a lot of hills and valleys, in this case, the hose would have to cross a large river, which in itself could be a problem. But like I said, this is just nonsense, but I am wondering if there would be any pressure? I sort of doubt it. I've already connected SEVEN 50ft hoses (350ft) when I had frozen hydrants, and needed to get water to my animals, and I could notice a considerable slowing of the water, and its pressure. Anyhow, just for grins, is there any way to calculate water pressure thru a 5/8" garden hose per foot? And just to mention it, my pressure tank gauge varies from 35 to 50lbs.

Mar 22, 2016 43 Replies

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Stormin Mormon 10 years ago

You're just saying that cause I thought of it. But, thanks for agreeing with me.

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Harry K 10 years ago

We once resolved a discussion of whose house was at a higher elevation 5 miles away with a carpenter level. We could see the other house. Of coure it didnt' answer the question "How much higher".

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ChairMan 10 years ago

I highly doubt that. It might be humorous to you and me, but given its history, she's serious

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thekmanrocks 10 years ago

Paintedcow:

How, exactly, do you think water is distributed in some parts of the Philippines?

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