Mechanical Part 1

wastewater, sometimes reffered to as sewage, is used water.

Prevent negative pressure, also exhausts sewer gases to the outdoors

A U-shaped pipe that catches and holds a small quantity of wastewater.

are passive devices designed into a plumbing system that trap, separate, and retain these toxic

Can solidify and coat the inner walls of pipe, creating a stoppage.

each plumbing fixture is connected horizontally to the sanitary drainage system by a drain line called a fixture line

The fixture branches feed into a vertical pipe reffered to as a ___

The soil or waste stacks feed into a horizontal pipe reffered as the _______

monimum size of a community ------------for a gravity-based system should be 8 in (200 mm) in diameter

are screw-type fittings with a cap that can unscrew to allow access to the inside of the sanitary drain pipes.