Introduction to Water Supply Systems

The water supply system can be separated into three main areas: the water supply source and it's treatment facilities, the ___, and the building water supply system.

• Watering Point System

• Parallel Water Piping

• Water Distribution System

• Water Main

A(n) ___ is an artificial waterway constructed to convey water.

• Canal

• Inverted Siphon

• Well

• Cistern

A(n) ___ applies to any bridge or viaduct that transports water across a hollow or valley, sometimes also called a water bridge.

• Inverted Siphon

• Effective Opening

• Aqueduct

• Well

The first real water supply systems installed in the ___ were water distribution systems that were created primarily for firefighting.

• Dark Ages

• Industrial Revolution

• Sanitary Era

• Scientific Era

The advancement of ___ made the production of cast-iron pipe far less expensive and also allowed for the development of processes to make longer pipe

• Coke

• Pumps

• Fire Plugs

• Hydraulic Rams

The centrifugal pump consists of three major parts: the ___ , the impeller, and a source of power.

• Hydraulic Ram

• Hand Pump

• Bell and Spigot Joint

• Volute

The discovery of bacteria in water led to a bacteriological revolution that advanced a new principle of plumbing ____.

• Protecting the treatment of raw water

• Protecting water for drinking and irrigation

• Transferring water from the water service pipe to points of use in a building

• Protecting and providing treatment for freshwater sources

___ is the measure of relative clarity of a liquid.

• Fog level

• Turbidity

• Velocity

• Gauge pressure

___ patented the first rapid sand filter, which was used on the municipal water works in Somerville, New Jersey, in 1885.

• Isaiah Hyatt

• Dr. Roy B. Hunter

• James Bayles

• Dr. John Snow

___ is a rigid, chemical- and corrosion-resistant vinyl resin used to make pipe, fittings, and valves.

• PEX

• Coke

• PVC

• Ductile iron pipe