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lead pipes. The Romans used lead pipe inscriptions to prevent water theft. With the Fall of Rome both water supply and sanitation stagnated—or regressed—for...

the supply pipe to fill with water and for any air bubbles to travel up the pipe to the source. This may take some time, depending on supply pipe length...

A lead service line (LSL, also known as lead service pipe, and lead connection pipe) is a pipe made of lead which is used in potable water distribution...

water supply network or water supply system is a system of engineered hydrologic and hydraulic components that provide water supply. A water supply system...

the 1860s through the 1970s, when it was replaced by PVC pipe for water supply and ABS pipe for drain-waste-vent (DWV) applications. The name comes from...

The origins of the pipe organ can be traced back to the hydraulis in Ancient Greece, in the 3rd century BC, in which the wind supply was created by the...

pipelines. HDPE pipe is often used for water mains, gas mains, sewer mains, slurry transfer lines, rural irrigation, fire-suppression system supply lines, electrical...

water-supply regulations may require pipe insulation be applied to pipework to reduce the risk of pipe freezing. For a given length, a smaller-bore pipe holds...

A pipe-in-pipe system is a form of plumbing where all water pipes are running inside another pipe. Its purpose is to ensure that any leaks in the innermost...

A pipe is a tubular section or hollow cylinder, usually but not necessarily of circular cross-section, used mainly to convey substances which can flow —...

A barrier pipe is a type of water pipe with a barrier to prevent undesired contaminants from entering the pipe. When running water supply pipes through...

rates, with different rate emitters on a supply line (i.e. trees-higher, perennials-lower). The Flexible supply pipe can be buried either underground or pinned...

A churchwarden pipe is a tobacco pipe with a long stem. The history of the pipe style is traced to the late eighteenth or early nineteenth century. Some...

types: Two-pipe fan coil units or four-pipe fan coil units. Two-pipe fan coil units have one supply and one return pipe. The supply pipe supplies either...

heat pipe is a heat-transfer device that employs phase transition to transfer heat between two solid interfaces. At the hot interface of a heat pipe, a...

PSI) for an urban supply.[citation needed] However, some people can get over eight bars or below one bar. A single iron main pipe may cross a deep valley...

A pipe wrench is any of several types of wrench that are designed to turn threaded pipe and pipe fittings for assembly (tightening) or disassembly (loosening)...

water-supply pipe or shaft with an air-inlet inside it, a water outflow pipe, a separation chamber, and a takeoff air-pipe. The vertical pipe or shaft...

supplies in Chicago, Illinois. The new company soon won contracts to supply pipe and steam-heating equipment in large public buildings such as the Cook...

Tap water (also known as running water, piped water or municipal water) is water supplied through a tap, a water dispenser valve. In many countries, tap...