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  2. Prepare for the coldest Arctic blast: How to keep your pipes ...

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    Pipes exposed to "severe cold" including outdoor hose bibs, swimming pool supply lines, and water sprinkler lines. (If you have swimming pool or sprinkler supply lines, they needed drained too.)

  3. Tap (valve) - Wikipedia

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    Spigot is used by professionals in the trade (such as plumbers), and typically refers to an outdoor fixture. [1] Silcock (and sillcock), same as "spigot", referring to a "cock" (as in stopcock and petcock) that penetrates a foundation sill. Bib (bibcock, and hose bib or hosebibb), usually a freeze-resistant version of a "spigot".

  4. Garden hose - Wikipedia

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    A coiled garden hose. A garden hose, hosepipe, or simply hose is a flexible tube used to convey water. There are a number of common attachments available for the end of the hose, such as sprayers and sprinklers (which are used to concentrate water at one point or to spread it over a large area). Hoses are usually attached to a hose spigot or tap.

  5. Vacuum breaker - Wikipedia

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    A vacuum breaker is a device that prevents water from being siphoned backward in a direction it is not desired to go. They are commonly placed on a bibcock valve or toilet or urinal flush valve, in which application they can prevent hose or drainage water from back-siphoning into the public drinking water system.

  6. Plumbing - Wikipedia

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    However, several state level regulation acts are quite outdated, with some still operating on local policies introduced more than a decade ago. This has led to an increase in plumbing regulatory issues not covered under current policy, and as such, many policies are currently being updated to cover these more modern issues.

  7. Water conservation - Wikipedia

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    Garden hose nozzles that shut off the water when it is not being used, instead of letting a hose run. Low flow taps in wash basins; Swimming pool covers that reduce evaporation and can warm pool water to reduce water, energy and chemical costs. Automatic faucet is a water conservation faucet that eliminates water waste at the faucet. It ...

  8. Mechanism of diving regulators - Wikipedia

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    The supply hose is connected to one side of the regulator body and supplies air to the mouthpiece through a non-return valve, and the exhaled air is returned to the regulator housing on the outside of the diaphragm, also through a non-return valve on the other side of the mouthpiece and usually through another non-return exhaust valve in the ...

  9. Dry suit - Wikipedia

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    The dry suit is a form of exposure suit, a garment worn to protect the user from adverse environmental conditions.The two most common purposes are to insulate the wearer against excessive heat loss, and to isolate the wearer from direct contact with a liquid environment during immersion or repeated multi-directional contact with bulk liquids or spray.

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