Suppose you build a rural house where you need to run a pipe to the nearest water supply, which is fortunately at an elevation of about 1000 m above that of your house. The pipe will be 6.0 km long (the distance to the water supply), and the gage pressure at the water supply is 1000 kPa. You require a minimum of 3.0 gal/min of water when the end of your pipe is open to the atmosphere. To minimize cost, you want to buy the smallest-diameter pipe possible. The pipe you will use is extremely smooth. (a) Find the total head loss from
