Isn’t this a 4 story building? Below the high rise threshold, I assume. Can it 
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> Has anyone done a valued engineering survey of the city water supply and 
> compared the original water test provided to the current. Is the city supply 
> a gravity fed system or a system utilizing pumps? There may have been a pump 
> down when you performed your last test or there maybe valves within the city 
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> From:   Eric Rieve  <[email protected]>
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>   Subject:  [Sprinklerforum] Re: Water Tank for Standpipe
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> I have the feeling that messing around with something complicated like a 
> break-tank and having to rearrange your fire pump wouldn’t be worth it 
> compared to simply installing a 30-minute duration dry hydrant on the 
> property. It would be a lot larger tank but would guarantee you have a 
> dedicated water supply volume just for standpipes.
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> If your city water supply has already lost 25% of it’s capacity, trying to 
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> worse. Taking the standpipe demand out altogether also benefits the sprinkler 
> system’s design longevity since you’ll have significantly reduced the demand 
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> Yes,  &  yes. My question was since the system was designed and installed the 
> water supply now is about 3/4 of what it was. We are looking to supplement 
> the city supply with a water tank since the fire truck shuts down before we 
> can get the 1000gpm. The city supply is running out of water. I was curious 
> as to the sizing of a supplemental tank. I see if it’s only supplied by a 
> tank, it needs a 30-minute duration. Since the city is capable of supplying 
> “most” of the demand I looking for the best way would be to properly size a 
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> I doubt that school is tall enough to    be a high rise. Manual is allowed 
> per NFPA 14. Do you know what a manual standpipe is? If so, contact the AHJ 
> to find out what they require you use as a supply value.    A manual 
> standpipe has its supply as the FDC. So calculate as the FDC as your supply 
> with the values the ahj provides. It’s likely going to be something like 150 
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> system de1nand established by Chapter 10 for at least 30 minutes.
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> Is it a high rise or mid rise? If mid rise, calc it to the FDC and be done. 
> If a high rise and automatic standpipe, check NFPA 14. The duration is 30 
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> standpipe test runs out of water. Only thing I can think of to help would be 
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