First, 3/16" is HUGE in terms of machine tolerance. If you have it machined, only take off enough to clean up the surface and make it flat.
Possible causes of the taper: tool wear during the machining operation. Improper setup. It wasn't properly clamped during machining. It is also possible that some pump guru tried to machine that surface to move the stator vanes closer to the impeller and reduce the internal volume.
Here is the thing with machining these bowls like this. Each end of the bowl is machined, at the factory, in a different setup. That means that the droop surface is not parallel to the suction surface. You can't just slap it down on the mill table and take a cut. Indicating it in a lathe is not a simple task either. We don't usually get involved in jobs that reqire this work.
Weigh the cost/benefit of machining vs. replacement.