Projected Planning Study Waterworks Facilities: City of Loveland, Colorado

• Description: City of Loveland
• State: CO
• Basin: South Platte
• Water Division: 1
• Date: 5/25/1961
• Author: City of Loveland, William D. Patterson
• Title: Projected Planning Study Waterworks Facilities: City of Loveland, Colorado
• Water Supply Pro - Doc Type: Report/Study

insurance rates. The National Board of Fire Underwriters, represented in
this area by the Mountain States Inspection Bureau, has very clear -cut
requirements concerning available fire - flows.
Although these requirements refer to an available fire-flow rather than
storage, it is easily seen that, if the plant production is being consumed by
domestic demand at the time of a fire, the fire demand must be in storage.
Here, as in nearly all cases of waterworks design, the worst condition is
being considered.
Fire demand, as required by Fire Underwriters, is based on population
and is set forth as follows:
TABLE N0. 5
CAPACITY OF EMERGENCY STORAGE
It is essential in good planning to provide emergency storage for use in
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REOUIRED AVAILABLE FIRE -FLOW
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Population
Fire -Flow
Duration
Total
10,000
3,000 gpm.
10 Hours
1.80 M.G.
11,000
3,200 gpm.
10 Hours
1.92 M.G.
12,000
3,350 gpm.
10 Hours
2.01 M.G.
13
3,500 gpm.
10 Hours
2.10 M.G.
14,000
3,650 gpm.
10 Hours
2.18 M.G.
15,000
3,800 gpm.
10 Hours
2.28 M.G.
16,000
3,900 gpm.
10 Hours
2.34 M.G.
17,000
4,000 gpm.
10 Hours
2.40 M.G.
18,000
4 gpm.
10 Hours
2.46 M.G.
19,000
4,200 gpm.
10 Hours
2.52 M.G.
20,000.
4,300 gpm.
10 Hours
2.58 M.G.
CAPACITY OF EMERGENCY STORAGE
It is essential in good planning to provide emergency storage for use in
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