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The absolute value is staying between 

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body f = 0.04

 for the very small flow rates (< 100 cmd) and 

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body f = 0.015

 for the very high flow rates  (> 1,000 cmd) and this should be taken into account in calculations. 

For complex well designs with varying pipe flow diameters and water source/stocks which may lead to substantial variation of flowrate the wellbore model can be split in segments each having a constant friction factor.

Derivation

Consider a ration between ratio of along-hole friction-based pressure gradient drop 

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body --uriencoded--\displaystyle \left[ \frac%7Bdp%7D%7Bdl%7D \right]_f =\frac%7B\rho_s \, q_s%5e2 %7D%7B2 A%5e2 d%7D \, f_s

 and gravity-based pressure gradient drop in vertical well 

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body --uriencoded--\displaystyle \left[ \frac%7Bdp%7D%7Bdl%7D \right]_g= \rho_s \, g

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