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water supply system
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transmission, treatment, storage, and distribution of water for homes,
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. Among the most notable of ancient water-conveyance systems are the aqueducts built between 312 bce and 455 ce
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Water supply systems must also meet requirements for public
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The need to channel water supplies from distant sources was an outcome of the growth of urban communities
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Water was an important factor in the location of the earliest settled communities, and the evolution of public water supply systems is tied directly to the growth of cities.
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In the development of water resources beyond their natural condition in rivers, lakes, and springs, the digging of shallow wells was probably the earliest innovation. As the need for water increased and tools were developed
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Developments in supply systems
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Of all municipal services, provision of potable water is perhaps the most vital
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The Kinepolis Group is a Belgian chain of movie theatres conceived in 1997 which consist of 23 Cinema complexes in Europe, representing a total of 317 theatres. They received about 22 million visitors in 2008. Kinepolis is listed on the Brussels stock exchange. The first megaplex cinema in the world is generally considered to be[by whom?] Kinepolis Brussels located near the Atomium in Brussels, Belgium, which opened in 1988 with 25 screens. Previously it was owned and run by two families named Bert and Claeys. Recently the latter have withdrawn from the company, leaving Joost Bert as co-CEO, together with Eddy Duquenne (eaqually co-CE0). This change was in effect from Jan 1st, 2008.
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Plumbing originated during the ancient civilizations such as the Greek, Roman, Persian, Indian, and Chinese civilizations as they developed public baths and needed to provide potable water, and drainage of wastes
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Most large cities today pipe solid wastes to treatment plants in order to separate and partly purify the water before emptying into streams or other bodies of water
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Plumbing is the system of pipes and drains installed in a building for the distribution of potable drinking water and the removal of waterborne wastes, and the skilled trade of working with pipes, tubing and plumbing fixtures in such systems
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Plumbing is usually distinguished from water supply and sewage systems
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Water systems of ancient times relied on gravity for the supply of water, using pipes or channels usually made of clay, lead
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Present-day water-supply systems use a network of high-pressure pumps, and pipe
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