Name: Griffin E.

Garcia
Subject: BCE325
Time: 7:00 – 8:00 AM
Code: 7666
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1. Plumbing A system that conveys fluids for a wide range of applications. Plumbing uses pipes,
valves, plumbing fixtures, tanks, and other apparatuses to convey fluids. Heating and cooling
(HVAC), waste removal, and potable water delivery are among the most common uses for
plumbing, but it is not limited to these applications.
2. Water Supply It is the provision of water by public utilities, commercial organizations,
community endeavors or by individuals, usually via a system of pumps.
3. Water Treatment A process that improves the quality of water to make it appropriate for a
specific end-use. The end use may be drinking, industrial.
4.Water Disposal This includes the activities and actions required to manage waste from its
inception to its final disposal.
5. Sanitary Sewers A sanitary sewer or foul sewer is an underground pipe or tunnel system for
transporting sewage from houses and commercial buildings.
6. Drainage This is the natural or artificial removal of a surface's water and sub-surface water
from an area with excess of water.
7. Ventilation The exchange of air between the lungs and the atmosphere so that oxygen can be
exchanged for carbon dioxide in the alveoli.
8. Piping Within industry, piping is a system of pipes used to convey fluids (liquids and gases)
from one location to another. The engineering discipline of piping design studies the efficient
transport of fluid.
9. Sewer An underground conduit for carrying off drainage water and waste matter.
10. Septic Tank This is an underground chamber made of concrete, fiberglass, or plastic through
which domestic wastewater (sewage) flows for basic treatment.
B. Define the ff. Plumbing Jargons.
1. Plumber – A plumber is a person whose work are consisting of installation, repair,
maintenance, and servicing of plumbing fittings and fixtures.
2. Catch Basin - A catch basin is a type of drainage solution used in landscaping. It typically
consists of a grate with a pipe used to drain excess water away from the area.
3. P-trap - A P-trap is a plumbing fixture that catches debris that has drained down a sink,
preventing it from forming a clog deep within the plumbing system, and stopping sewer gases
from passing into the home.
4. Grease Trap – A grease trap is a trap to prevent grease from passing into a sanitary sewer line.
5. Soil Pipe – A soil pipe is a pipe that carries waste from toilets and sometimes from waste
pipes.
6. Slope - The slope of gravity drainage and sewer pipes is important so that liquids flow
smoothly and solid wastes are carried away without clogging.
7. Effluent - Effluent is wastewater from sewers or industrial outfalls that flows directly into
surface waters after being treated at a facility.
8. Scum - Scum is when sewage solids float on the systems, drainage systems, and all other
bodies or accumulations of the surface of wastes in a septic tank which is buoyed up by
entrained water, surface, and underground.
9. Sludge - Sludge is a colloquial term for semi-solid waste material, which has been filtered out
of liquids in sewage. Raw sewage enters a setting tank, where it is allowed to settle and settle
until it is ready to be removed from the sewage system.
10. Cleanouts - A sewer clean-out is a pipe or pipe(s) with a cap installed at the end of a lateral
sewer line that provides access to the main public sewer system.