Table 8.

Head Losses in Plastic Pipes

Upper figures indicate the velocity of water in m/sec.

Lower figures indicate head loss in meters per 100 meters of straight pipes
HDPE Pipes
m3/hr Liters/min Liters/sec 25mm 32mm 40mm 50mm 63mm
1" 1-1/4" 1-1/2" 2" 2-1/2"
0.49 0.30 0.19 0.12
0.6 10 0.16
1.80 0.66 0.27 0.09
0.76 0.46 0.30 0.19 0.12
0.9 15 0.25
4.00 1.14 0.60 0.18 0.63
1.00 0.61 0.39 0.25 0.16
1.2 20 0.33
6.40 2.20 0.90 0.28 0.11
1.30 0.78 0.50 0.32 0.20
1.5 25 0.42
10.00 3.50 1.40 0.43 0.17
1.53 0.93 0.60 0.38 0.24
1.8 30 0.50
13.00 4.60 1.90 0.57 0.22
1.77 1.08 0.69 0.44 0.28
2.1 35 0.58
16.00 6.00 2.00 0.70 0.27
2.05 1.24 0.80 0.51 0.32
2.4 40 0.67
22.00 7.50 3.30 0.93 0.35
2.54 1.54 0.99 0.63 0.40
3.0 50 0.83
37.00 11.00 4.80 1.40 0.50
3.06 1.85 1.20 0.76 0.48
3.6 60 1.00
43.00 15.00 6.50 1.90 0.70
3.43 2.08 1.34 0.86 0.54
4.2 70 1.12
50.00 18.00 8.00 2.50 0.83
2.47 1.59 1.02 0.64
4.8 80 1.33
25.00 10.50 3.00 1.20
2.78 1.80 1.15 0.72
5.4 90 1.50
30.00 12.00 3.50 1.30
3.10 2.00 1.28 0.80
6.0 100 1.67
39.00 16.00 4.60 1.80
3.86 2.49 1.59 1.00
7.5 125 2.08
50.00 24.00 6.60 2.50
3.00 1.91 1.20
9.0 150 2.50
33.00 8.60 3.50
3.50 2.23 1.41
10.5 175 2.92
38.00 11.00 4.30
3.99 2.55 1.60
12.0 200 3.33
50.00 14.00 5.50
3.19 2.01
15.0 250 4.17
21.00 8.00
3.82 2.41
18.0 300 5.00
28.00 10.50
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24.0 400 6.67
19.00
4.01
30.0 500 8.33
28.00
4.82
36.0 600 10.00
37.00
5.64
42.0 700 11.70
47.00
48.0 800 13.30

54.0 900 15.00

60.0 1000 16.70

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75mm 90mm
3" 3-1/2"

0.14
0.07
0.17
0.09
0.20
0.12
0.23 0.16
0.16 0.06
0.28 0.20
0.22 0.09
0.34 0.24
0.32 0.13
0.38 0.26
0.38 0.17
0.45 0.31
0.50 0.22
0.51 0.35
0.57 0.26
0.56 0.39
0.73 0.30
0.70 0.49
1.10 0.50
0.84 0.59
1.40 0.63
0.99 0.69
1.80 0.78
1.12 0.78
2.40 1.00
1.41 0.98
3.70 1.50
1.69 1.18
4.60 1.95
 2.25 1.57
8.00 3.60
2.81 1.96
11.50 5.00
3.38 2.35
15.00 6.60
3.95 2.75
24.00 8.00
4.49 3.13
26.00 11.00
5.07 3.53
33.00 13.50
5.64 3.93
40.00 16.00