Professional Documents
Culture Documents
Systems
A plastic water pipe being installed. Note that the inner
tube is actually transporting the water, while the outer
tube only serves as a protective casing
Materials
Steel
Copper
Plastic
Gallery
Sealants
Threaded pipe joints are sealed with
thread seal tape or pipe dope. Many
plumbing fixtures are sealed to their
mounting surfaces with plumber's
putty.[35]
Problems
Bacteria have been shown to live in
"premises plumbing systems". The latter
refers to the "pipes and fixtures within a
building that transport water to taps after
it is delivered by the utility".[37] Community
water systems have been known for
centuries to spread waterborne diseases
like typhoid and cholera, however
"opportunistic premises plumbing
pathogens" have been recognized only
more recently; Legionella pneumophila
discovered in 1976, Mycobacterium avium,
and Pseudomonas aeruginosa are the
most commonly tracked bacteria, which
people with depressed immunity can
inhale or ingest and may become infected
with.[38] These opportunistic pathogens
can grow for example in faucets, shower
heads, water heaters and along pipe walls.
Reasons that favor their growth are "high
surface-to-volume ratio, intermittent
stagnation, low disinfectant residual, and
warming cycles". A high surface-to-volume
ratio, i.e. a relatively large surface area
allows the bacteria to form a biofilm,
which protects them from disinfection.[38]
Regulation
See also
Active fire protection
Copper pipe
Domestic water system
Double-walled pipe
EPA Lead and Copper Rule
Fire hose
Flange
Garden hose
Heat pipe
Hose
MS Pipe, MS Tube
Passive fire protection
Pipe
Pipe fitting
Pipe network analysis
Pipeline transport
Piping and plumbing fittings
Plastic pipework
Plastic pressure pipe systems
Plumbing & Drainage Institute
Plumbosolvency
Sanitation in ancient Rome
Tube
Victaulic
Water supply network
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Notes
a. Materials used to make water pipes are
polyvinyl chloride, polypropylene,
polyethylene, ductile iron, cast iron, steel,
copper and formerly lead.
Further reading
Teresi, Dick (2002). Lost Discoveries:
The Ancient Roots of Modern Science--
from the Babylonians to the Maya. New
York: Simon & Schuster. pp. 351–352.
ISBN 0-684-83718-8.
External links
Media related to Plumbing at
Wikimedia Commons
The dictionary definition of plumbing
at Wiktionary
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Plumbing at Wikibooks
ATSDR Case Studies in Environmental
Medicine: Lead Toxicity U.S.
Department of Health and Human
Services
Lead Water Pipes and Infant Mortality in
Turn-of-the-Century Massachusetts
Case Studies in Environmental Medicine
- Lead Toxicity
ToxFAQs: Lead
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