water system
Meaning
A "water system" is the setup that sources, treats, stores, and delivers water. It includes wells or mains, pumps, pipes, tanks, and valves. The term can mean a home's plumbing or a town's public supply network.
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Every new development, highway, railroad, steamship line, building operation, whether it be a drainage project in old Greece or a new water system in Peru, means an added use of the automobile.
Certainly, its important to protect the water system and that covers, certainly, everything from vandals to terrorists.
According to a press release from the City of Jackson, the flushing is necessary to maintain the quality of the City’s water system, such as washing iron and sediment out of water mains, cleaning pipes, and refreshing the water system.
A CFPUA spokesperson says that periods of low or no pressure in the water distribution system increase the potential for back siphonage and introduction of bacteria into the water system.
Article about how a homeowner can easily build a pressurized home water system that does not use electricity.
As such, Veitur—the utilities company which supplies hot water—is asking people to use their heating conservatively in order to ease the workload on the water system.