Water Drainage System Diagram

Since a drainage system involves all of these components it is usually referred to as the dwv.

Water drainage system diagram.

Where the tube passes by the downspout from the gutter we installed a y fitting and drained the roof water from the gutter system directly into the main drainage line. When checking the slope of the ground in this area we find that it is too flat and therefore needs to be built up to get the water to drain away from the house. Screw a drain cover over the end of the tubing as it approaches daylight to keep critters out. To prevent erosion make a rock bed around the end of the tube.

Water comes in from the city pressurizes everything including your water heater goes down a common drain and away from you to a city sewer disposal plant or your own septic system. Your rv plumbing system needs to separate itself between grey and black waste and water storage or constant city supply remember an rv is designed and built to. If water is to flow out freely and waste is to exit properly all components of the dwv must be present and in good working order. This diagram of a typical dwv system is called a plumbing tree.

Immediately beneath a sink bathtub or other plumbing fixture the fixture drain opening leads to a curved segment of pipe known as the p trap which is normally a 1 1 4 to 2 inch diameter segment of pipe with a sharp curved bend in it shaped like the letter p.