Water, Water Everywhere

WATER, WATER NEVERYWHERE BUT HOW DID IT END UP IN YOUR SINK? technology of plumbing then & now THE BEGINNING 10,200 BCE 2,000 BCE 691 BCE 500 BCE| FIRST WATER CLOSET FIRST WATER FILTER Greeks created the first known aqueduct in Assyria World's oldest 'water closet' (W.C.) was in India flush: a pot of water would wash away the waste through pipes and into drains, which were underneath the streets Hippocrates invented the first cloth bag water filter in Greece Use of wells became prominent; water would be carried in vessels for you indoors WELLS DRINKING WATER First documented attempts 312 BCE 34 mi long aqueduct, consisting of a single FIRST AQUEDUCT arch over one valley FIRST ROMAN AQUEDUCT to treat drinking water The Aqua Appia (buried 50 feet underground) 315 AD MEDIEVEL TIMES (1066-1485) 13th century: Washing bats used in running bodies of water to wash laundry by beating clothing on nearby rocks Rome had 144 public toilets CHAMBER POTS Most people used chamber pots kept in most homes instead of toilet paper, everyone used the same piece of sponge fixed onto a wooden handle Streets had open drains - channels that ran down the streets - to empty the pots Roman aqueducts were usually built as open troughs, covered with a top, and then covered with soil PUBLIC TOILETS WASHING BATS 1596 1700's 1800's 1804 FIRST FLUSH TOILET WASHBOARDS WATER TREATMENT Sir John Harrington invented the first water closet with a flush Most large cities in Europe and the U.S. began to build pipe I systems for personal use in homes The washboard was born The first large municipal water treatment plant in Scotland provided treated water for residences PIPES 1890 NEW TOILET 1830s 1870 1880 Flush toilets were introduced, but it wasn't until the 1920s that they became common in middle & working class homes SEWER SYSTEMS CHAIN Thomas Twyford created the Brahmah a step toward a one-piece toilet PULL Sewer systems widely used, but opened into local rivers causing a Cholera epidemic resulting in over 10,000 deaths The chain-pull toilet invented in England THE BRAHMAH EARLY 1900s 1986 2013 FUTURE SOFT WATER SAVE WATER The first sensor-flushing toilet was created in Japan WHAT'S NEXT? Most waterborne diseases removed, innovation turned to the creation of softer, less-mineralized With the need for more potable water, toilets are becoming more efficient water Water softeners are introduced in 1903 Space toilets FIRST SENSOR FLUSH PRESENTED BY PLUMBER24HOURS.CO.UK Sources: http://www.bog-standard.org/pupils history.aspx http://www.randomhistory.com/i-5o/001water.html http://www.oldandinteresting.com/history-of-laundry.aspx http://www.inventors-trunk.com/toilet-history-timeline.html http://www.oldandinteresting.com/history-of washing-clothes.aspx http://www.timetoast.com/timelines/evolution-of-washing-machines DEVELOPED BY N NOWSOURCING