90/72/1350 would be my literal interpretation.   I have plotted the 10%
reduced pressure on a 1.85 to arrive at a flow in the past.
just wait for the coming storm of "reducing to the lowest hydraulic
gradient"

On Wed, Aug 8, 2018 at 5:04 PM MFP Design, LLC <[email protected]> wrote:

> Lets assume a flow test of 100 static, 80 residual, 1500 gpm flow.  You
> are required to reduce it by 10%.  Is the reduced flow test 90 / 70 / 1500
> or 90/72/1500?
>
>
>
> I’ve always done it the first way because that keeps parallel lines.
> However, I’ve run into more than a few people doing it the 2nd way
> lately.  Doing that has differing slopes and the lines would intersect.
> The theoretical reduction could actually have a higher pressure at a given
> flow with #2 since it is a flatter curve.
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