California Approves Use of CPVC Plastic Piping in Homes.Business Editors ADVISORY...for Thursday (Nov. 16) NOTE TO EDITORS: Multimedia Assets Available With This Story Include Video, Logo --(BUSINESS WIRE) The State of California has approved CPVC CPVC Chlorinated Polyvinyl Chloride CPVC Cell Phone Voice Changer CPVC common pulmonary venous chamber plastic plumbing plumbing, piping systems inside buildings for water supply and sewage. The Romans had a highly developed plumbing system; water was brought to Rome by aqueducts and distributed to homes in lead pipes—hence the name plumbing from the Latin word plumbum systems for use in homes throughout the state. It's an alternative to metallic pipes, which can be eaten away at by corrosive corrosive /cor·ro·sive/ (kor-o´siv) producing gradual destruction, as of a metal by electrochemical reaction or of the tissues by the action of a strong acid or alkali; an agent that so acts. soil and aggressive water ... a phenomenon especially prone to coastal states The U.S. Coastal states are states in the United States that have a coastline. This can be an ocean coast, a gulf coast, or a Great Lake coast. There are twenty three ocean/gulf of Mexico states, and eight Great Lake states. (New York is both an ocean state and a Great Lake state. and communities like California and Florida. You can reach the story directly by going to http://www.newstream.com/cgi-bin/display_story.cgi?1489 This multimedia news story is for free and unrestricted use on your news or information site (and for print or broadcast too). Visit http://www.newstream.com to download video, audio, text, graphics, and photos. If you have any questions about the story, or about Newstream.com, please write to us at info@newstream.com. |
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