How Water Reaches The House

How Water Reaches The House

Water reaches the houses in vary ways. Many years ago, people who lived in rural areas had to get their own water from rivers or from local wells, nowadays, there are more facilities of water supply. In many big cities, there are water-suppy systems to provide water to homes, even in rural areas. This is one of the source of water that we get everyday in our houses. Besides that, the water also come from either a ground-water source, or from a surface-water source such as lake, or reservoir. In common house, there is a separation between cold and hot water that can be used for many purposes.

There is a complicated process of water started from the source until the faucets. First, water from the ground passes the mains to go to the saving water. Second, it goes to cold water tank, which is located in the top of the house, when water collected in cold water tank the water will be processed in certain temperature and pressure to get ideal temperature and cleans the water from bacteria, microorganism and waste. After that, cold water will through the mains and distributed to bath, wash basin, toilet and also sink, because almost every water system in the house needs cold water, the use of cold water is more dominant than the hot water. For hot water process, after it takes to the mains, then it goes to the hot water tank. In this place, water from the ground will be processed, with certain temperature and pressure, after that, hot water is ready to be distributed over the house, such as bath, wash basin and also sink to be used for many purposed.