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Texas Irrigator License Exam 2020:
Hydraulics Questions and Answers
(Rated 100%)
Hydraulic Design Steps
Master01 | October, 2024/2025 | Latest update
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✓ 1. Layout heads
✓
✓ 2. Head inventory
✓
✓ 3. Group in Zones
✓ --Determine limiting gpm from WM & service line
✓
✓ 4. Layout Pipe
✓ --Put valve in middle & closer to side with less gpm to make the critical
head calculations easier.
✓
✓ 5. Size pipe
✓ --Start at a dead end.
✓ --Work towards the water source.
✓ --Don't size a pipe unless everything downstream has been sized.
✓ --Make mainlines 1" or larger
✓
✓ 6. Check Critical Head
✓ --L. F. D. 100. I. A. (Ladies Fall Down 100x In Abeline)
Master01 | October, 2024/2025 | Latest update
Texas Irrigator License Exam 2020:
Hydraulics Questions and Answers
(Rated 100%)
Hydraulic Design Steps
Master01 | October, 2024/2025 | Latest update
, 1|Page | © copyright 2024/2025 | Grade A+
✓ 1. Layout heads
✓
✓ 2. Head inventory
✓
✓ 3. Group in Zones
✓ --Determine limiting gpm from WM & service line
✓
✓ 4. Layout Pipe
✓ --Put valve in middle & closer to side with less gpm to make the critical
head calculations easier.
✓
✓ 5. Size pipe
✓ --Start at a dead end.
✓ --Work towards the water source.
✓ --Don't size a pipe unless everything downstream has been sized.
✓ --Make mainlines 1" or larger
✓
✓ 6. Check Critical Head
✓ --L. F. D. 100. I. A. (Ladies Fall Down 100x In Abeline)
Master01 | October, 2024/2025 | Latest update