PRIVATE WATER SYSTEMS - Pumping Installation - Farm

Pumping Installation - Farm

Dairy Cattle:Confined housing
- one stanchion drinking cup for each 2 cows
0.75 per cup (1.5 per cup)
Dairy Cattle:Open housing
- up to 8 head per waterer space
0.75 per space (1.5 per space)
Beef Cattle: Open housing
- up to 40 head per waterer space
0.75 per space (1.5 per space)
Hogs:Confined housing
- up to 10 pigs per waterer space
0.25 per space (0.5 per space)
Hogs:Open housing
- up to 25 pigs per waterer space
0.25 per space (0.5 per space)
Horses:Confined housing
- 1 watering space per 2 stalls
0.75 per space (1.5 per space)
Horses:Open lot
- up to 10 horses per watering space
0.75 per space (1.5 per space)
Sheep or goats
- up to 40 animals per watering space
0.25 per space (0.5 per space)
Laying hens
- up to 200 birds per 4 ft. trough waterer (90 deg F)
0.12 per waterer (0.25 per waterer)
Broilers
- up to 100 birds per 4 ft trough waterer 90 deg F)
0.12 per waterer (0.25 per waterer)
Turkeys
- up to 50 birds per fountain or per 4 ft. trough waterer
0.2 per fountain (0.4 per fount)
Watering tank, open for cattle,
sheep and horses
2.5 per tank (5.0 per tank)

  1. List all the watering units in use now or in the near future and the demand for each. Make a note of the use with the highest PDA and its FFR.

    EXAMPLE gpm
    30 dairy cattle, open housing two watering spaces (0.75 gpm each) 3.00
    40 hogs, open housing 2 watering spaces (0.15 gpm each) 0.50
    1000 laying hens,five waters (.12 gpm each) 0.60

  2. Total the uses: 4.1 gpm in this example.

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