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A centrifugal pump with characteristic curves shown on the attached page lifts water from a reservoir at elevation 65 ft above msl to a pressurized tank (10 psig) at an elevation 100 ft above msl. The ductile iron suction line is 100 ft long and will include one (1) flanged gate valve and one (1) square edged inlet. The steel discharge line is 3,000 ft long and will include one (1)flanged gate valve, one (1) flanged check valve, four (4) regular flanged 90° elbows, and one (1)sudden enlargement loss at delivery tank. Assume f= 0.020 for both ductile iron and steel pipe. a) Specify appropriate suction and discharge diameters for design flow rate of 1,100 gpm(assume 2-in sizes for both ductile iron and steel c) Determine if this pump is acceptable and explain your reasoning (Hint: both elevation and delivery pressure contribute to static lift) d) Estimate pump efficiency e) Use required power input from curve to confirm numn efficiency f) Estimate acceptable pump operating range

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