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A certain famous actress once had a plumbing fixture named after her The gold-plated 'Farrah Faucet . Farrah Fawcett was an American actress who became popular due to her television roles and being part of Charlie 's Angels TV series (See Plumbing Anecdote . Plumbing have long been so important to the lives of thousands of people long time ago and until now

Plumbing systems have two purposes : to supply clean water o buildings in quantity and under pressure , and to carry away waste

water in such a way that neither the waste nor the gases produced by it become a health hazard . A plumbing system includes not only pipes but also valves fixtures , and , usually , a heater to supply hot water

The word plumbing comes from the Latin word plumbum , meaning lead the material formerly used to make pipes . Modern pipes made of copper galvanized iron or steel , cast iron , brass , or plastic (See Plumbing , Wikipedia , the Free Encyclopedia

Waters enter a plumbing system from a city water main or from a well . A service pipe carries the water from the source to the building . When the source is a water main , a water meter to the service pipe to measure the amount of water used . A shutoff valve is also to the pipe to shut off the water supply to the building when necessary

From the service pipe , a series of branch pipes carry cold water to various point in the building...