GBC
Pressure

Feet of Water (ftH₂O)

Modern equivalent

2,989.07 Pascals

A traditional plumbing unit used to describe hydraulic head pressure.

British plumbers and sanitation engineers relied on feet of water to intuitively calculate gravity-fed water pressure in domestic plumbing systems and municipal water towers.

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