ASSIGNMENT No.

3: WATER DISTRIBUTION
1. Water Distribution Systems
Cold Water Distribution System
Pumps & Lifts
Cold Water Distribution Systems in Tall Buildings
Domestic Hot-Water Supply
Hot-Water Distribution Systems
2. Illustrations/Terminologies of:
REGULATING EQUIPMENTS, GATE VALVE, GLOBE VALVE, ANGLE VALVE, CHECK VALVE, BACKWATER
VALVE, FOOT VALVE, SAFETY VALVE, BALL VALVE, CUT-OFF VALVE
BOILER BLOW-OFF
BACKFLOW, BACKFLOW CONNECTION, BACKFLOW PREVENTER, BACK SIPHONAGE

RESEARCH No. 3 For additional learning

Most common Hot-Water Devices used in the Philippines
How does Centrifugal Pump works for high-rise buildings

DISCUSSION on ASSIGNMENT No. 2 WATER SOURCE,

WATER STORAGE, WATER SUPPLY
1. WATER SOURCE
CONTAMINATION - impairment potable water (High Hazard)
HIGH HAZARD - (CONTAMINATION)
LOW HAZARD – (POLLUTION)

POTABLE WATER - drinking, culinary, domestic purposes (Philippine Standards for Drinking Water)
GROUND WATER - standing in; passing through ground
SURFACE WATER - portion of a rainfall runs off over the surface of the ground

2 WATER STORAGE

3 WATER SUPPLY
MAIN - principal artery to which branches connect
CORPORATION COCK - stop valve placed in service pipe closed to connection with water main
GOOSE NECK - a return bend; (one end-30 cm long; other end-7.5 cm long); (faucet for a pantry sink); lead
connection between service pipe and water main
SERVICE PIPE - the pipe from the water main to the building served
WATER-DISTRIBUTING PIPE - conveys potable water from building supply pipe to the plumbing fixtures/water
outlets

BRANCH - other than the main, riser or stack

HORIZONTAL BRANCH - a branch drain extending laterally from a soil or waste stack, with or without sections or
branches
FIXTURE BRANCH - supply pipe between the fixture and the water-distributing pipe

HORIZONTAL PIPE - angle of not more than 45°

VERTICAL PIPE - more than 45° with the vertical line
BRANCH INTERVAL - storey height; 8 feet/2.43 m
FIXTURE SUPPLY - water supply pipe connecting the fixture with the fixture branch
RISER - a water supply pipe that extends vertically one full storey or more

BIBB - faucet, cock, tap, plug, etc. (faucet is preferred)

FAUCET - a valve or pipe which water can be drawn
SPIGOT - the end of pipe which fits into a bell (synonymous with faucet)

EFFECTIVE OPENING - minimum cross-sectional area at the point of water supply discharge
FLOOD LEVEL - the level in which water begins to overflow the top or rim of a fixture
CRITICAL LEVEL - C-L or C/L marking on a backflow prevention device or vacuum breaker (determines the min.
elevation above the flood level rim of the fixture
FLOOD LEVEL RIM - top edge of a receptacle
FLOODED - when liquid rises to the flood level rim

PRESSURE - the normal force exerted by a homogenous liquid or gas, per unit area on the wall of a container
STATIC PRESSURE – w/o any flow motion
RESIDUAL PRESSURE – the pressure available