For water supply of a town, water is pump from a river 3 km away into a reservoir is 20 m. The population of the town is 50000 and per capita water demand is 120 litre/day. If the pump are to be operate for a total of 8 hours and the efficiency of pump is 80%, determined the horse power of the pump. Assume friction factor as 0.03, the velocity of flow as 2 m/s, and maximum daily demand as 1.5 times the average daily demand.

For water supply of a town, water is pump from a river 3 km away into a reservoir is 20 m. The population of the town is 50000 and per capita water demand is 120 litre/day. If the pump are to be operate for a total of 8 hours and the efficiency of pump is 80%, determined the horse power of the pump. Assume friction factor as 0.03, the velocity of flow as 2 m/s, and maximum daily demand as 1.5 times the average daily demand.

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For water supply of a town, water is pump
from a river 3 km away into a reservoir is 20
m. The population of the town is 50000 and
per capita water demand is 120 litre/day. If
the pump are to be operate for a total of 8
hours and the efficiency of pump is 80%,
determined the horse power of the pump.
Assume friction factor as 0.03, the velocity
of flow as 2 m/s, and maximum daily
demand as 1.5 times the average daily
demand.

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