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Continuing education: Designing right-sized plumbing systems for housing affordability, water efficiency and public health

Continuing education: Designing right-sized plumbing systems for housing affordability, water efficiency and public health

This article provides plumbing engineers and system designers with strategies for right-sizing residential plumbing systems based on modern water use data and highlights how traditional sizing methods, like the Hunter’s Curve, often lead to oversized systems that increase costs and wastewater.


By: Andrew A Hunt
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