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WaterCAD - huge flow into well from water tower and rest of system

Hi, I have a site with several wells, a raw water piping system, a water tower, and a potable water piping system. (Don't ask questions about the treatment and filtration of this water.. the answer is not optimal and outside the scope of this question). I believe I've set my elevations correctly, as well as my pipe directions.

I am getting a flow of -340,282,346,638,529,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000.0 gpm at the pipe between one of the wells and its corresponding pump. I've even tried putting check valves in the pipes but I can't stop it.

Unfortunately I can't post the WTG file publicly due to the nature of the buildings in the network and the information I have on them. Any ideas as to what's happening?

Thanks!

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  • Hello Didier,

    Is this the flow from your well to the pump?

    I am assuming you have modeled the well as a tank element (finite volume). You can check the pump curves to determine if the pump is properly setup.

    Here is the relevant article for pump selection;

    General Pump Selection Process

    Also, I think you might have entered the pump curve values in one unit system and then changed the units. This can cause the incorrect flow values to be entered. You can check that too.

    Is it possible for you to share a schematic of the setup with key elevations? We can try to recreate your model to check if we get the same result.

    You can also share a sample model (removing the confidential data) and upload it securely via this link.

    Hope this helps.


    Regards,

    Yashodhan Joshi

  • Hi Yashodhan, thanks for the reply!

    This flow is going into the well from the pump - backwards from what it should be. I've checked that the pump downstream pipe is set correctly.

    I've modeled the wells as reservoirs - infinite volume. For our analysis we're not interested in how much water is in the well.

    I believe my pump curves are set up properly; I've included the pump curves in the upload. The model is gigantic, so look for Well #1 (ID 974) and Well #2 (ID 975).

    Thanks for your help!

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  • Hi Yashodhan, thanks for the reply!

    This flow is going into the well from the pump - backwards from what it should be. I've checked that the pump downstream pipe is set correctly.

    I've modeled the wells as reservoirs - infinite volume. For our analysis we're not interested in how much water is in the well.

    I believe my pump curves are set up properly; I've included the pump curves in the upload. The model is gigantic, so look for Well #1 (ID 974) and Well #2 (ID 975).

    Thanks for your help!

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