Water Drainage System Diagram

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.

Water drainage system diagram.

This diagram of a typical dwv system is called a plumbing tree. 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. Water runs down the sink drain into a p trap so called because it s shaped like the letter which fills up with water to prevent sewer gases and odors from getting into the house through the pipe. 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.

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

Screw a drain cover over the end of the tubing as it approaches daylight to keep critters out.