TRINIDAD, RAMIL T.

BSCE-3K
ENGINEERING UTILITIES 2
Arch. MIRANDA, MARC EMIL, VINUYA
October, 20,2020

___

WATER METER PHOTO:

DESCRIPTIONS
A water meter is a device for measuring and registering the amount of water that passes
through a pipe or other outlet, usually for billing purposes. Water meters have various
synonymous, used in different cities, countries or circumstances. Some of these equivalent
terms are volume counter, flow-gauging device, water totalizator, flowmeter, accumulator.
The physical device used to measure the water consumed in a house or industry, or the one
extracted from a well or similar supply source, is relatively simple compared to other quotidian
instruments. It gauges and adds up the water volumes as they flow in the intake pipe. It
measure the volume of water used by residential and commercial building units that are
 2

supplied with water by a public water supply system. They are also used to determine flow
through a particular portion of the system.

___

WATER SINK PHOTO:

TOP VIEW:
 3

BOTTOM VIEW:

DESCRIPTIONS
Kitchen sinks are connected to a home’s water supply system, which supplies the faucets, and
to a home’s drain-waste-vent (DWV) system for the drains. kitchen sinks operate very similarly
to the bathroom sink but in different purpose; the main difference is that kitchen sinks are
designed to be hooked up to more fixtures than a faucet, such as a water filter, a garbage
disposal, and a dishwasher. Most bathroom sinks just have a faucet and a drain.

Sink Drain
A sink drains by way of several components. Kitchen sinks have a strainer fitted into a strainer
body that’s inserted down through the sink hole and sealed to the sink with a bead of plumber’s
putty. Beneath the sink, the strainer body connects to the drain’s tailpiece and the rest of the
drain plumbing. A garbage disposal, if there is one, mounts directly to a special strainer body.
Most bath sinks don’t have a strainer, but they do have a pop-up stopper so the sink can be
easily filled with water. The pop-up stopper fits into a drain body that is connected just like a
kitchen sink’s strainer body.

Underneath the sink, a rubber gasket, metal washer, and large locknut or retainer tightens the
body to the sink. A straight tailpiece mounts to the strainer body with a threaded coupling.
Slip-joint couplings connect the tailpiece, the main parts of a drain trap, and a short threaded
nipple at a tee in the drainpipe. At the wall or the back of the cabinet, a trim piece called an
 4

escutcheon hides the connector and the nipple. Waste water exits through the trap and down
the vented drainpipe to the main stack.