Building Utilities 1

Building Utilities System: Plumbing

Plumbing

art and science of creating and maintaining sanitary conditions in building used by humans; “the art and science of installing, repairing and servicing the pipes, fixtures, and appurtenances necessary for bringing in water supply and removing liquid and water-borne wastes”

plumbarius.

a person who worked in the field of sanitation in the Roman Times

copper pipe

The oldest artifact to have been unearthed used in a water system in the ruins of an ancient palace in Indus Valley, estimated to be 5,500 years old; the Egyptians used these in their irrigation and sewage systems.

Babylons/Babylonians

Ancient civilization with skillfully planned network of canals that served as evidence that they had a knowledge

of the science of hydraulics.

The

inhabitants of Crete constructed

freshwater cisterns, which collected

water for their everyday needs.