A New Era in Water Distribution- PVC Pipes

Water pipes systems and plumbing is an ancient art as well as science that first began taking shape in China, India, Greek and Roman cities where piping and plumbing systems were constructed to bring flowing in and take out used water from public baths and pools. The remains of sophisticated ancient plumbing and piping systems can be found in the Mohenjo-Daro and Harappa civilizations. The etymological word roots of the word ‘plumbing’ is the Latin word for ‘lead,’ as water pipes in ancient Rome were made of Lead. Over the centuries, piping has gone through several stages till it reached this century where plumbing pipes are now made of synthetic plastic materials like PVC-or Polyvinyl Chloride which is a carbon polymer of vinyl chloride monomers. History of Piping and plumbing Before the Romans built their leaden pipes, ancient civilizations built pipes of clay, and bamboo. Hollowed logs were utilized in several places all over the world in order to transport water. Then came l...