What is the relationship between HGL and EGL at a pump?

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Homework Statement


the line above shows the energy line of the flowing fluid , whereas the line below shows the hydraulic geade line of flowing fluid , the diffrence between 2 lines is velocity head

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i have 2 pictures here , the author drew 2 different shape of graph at the pump , in the first picture , there's some velocity head at the pump ( the 2 lines didnt joined together) , whereas in the 2nd picture , 2 lines joined together , which is correct ?
 

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IMO , the second picture is correct , since the velocity of fluid at pump = 0 , am i right ?
 
bump , which is correct ? or both are correct ?