This is the system that brings fresh water into your home, usually, from the communal pipeline that runs underneath your street. The first thing it does is pass through a meter, which records how much water you use, then it is distributed to all the different appliances in your house that require it.

The Egyptians made the first copper pipes. Public baths were first established in ancient Rome, Greece, Persia, India, and China. This was done as a way to remove waste water. For centuries, the most advanced plumbing included Rome's lead water pipes and aqueduct system.