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Recent Examples of waste pipeHundreds of acres of land owned by the Port were rezoned for industrial use, hooked up to new water and waste pipes, and powered by substations installed near the Port after Neal lobbied the local utilities.—
Sean Patrick Cooper,
Rolling Stone,
24 Nov. 2025 Pay attention to where the kitchen and bathrooms are, too—water supply and waste pipes for the second floor are often found in walls on the first floor, below sinks, tubs, or showers.—
Kevin Cortez,
Popular Mechanics,
25 May 2023 Water-supply and waste pipes for the second floor are often found in walls on the first floor, below sinks, tubs, or showers.—
Kevin Cortez,
Popular Mechanics,
25 May 2023 Cathcart is referring to the plumbing that the vanity's sink and faucet connect to—the water lines and waste pipe connect to the underside of the sink via the bendy P-trap pipe.—
Kristina McGuirk,
Better Homes & Gardens,
25 Apr. 2023 Local environmentalists blamed a waste pipe running from the factory building into the ocean (fishmeal factories tend to produce lots of wastewater).—
Holly Eva Ryan,
Quartz Africa,
27 June 2019 Golden Lead this time chose a central spot on Gunjur beach to lay the waste pipe and staff members raised a Chinese flag in the process.—
Holly Eva Ryan,
Quartz Africa,
27 June 2019 When trip waste lever is in the drain position, the stopper is higher up the trip waste pipe and this should increase the drain rate.—
Merle Henkenius,
Popular Mechanics,
15 July 2016
This bedroom’s luxurious bath features beautiful tile, two sinks, each with its own vanity, a soaking tub, walk-in shower, and a separate room for the commode.
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James Alexander,
Hartford Courant,
23 Aug. 2026
Even the waste paper basket comes in the blue Portuguese tile design used throughout the property, adding color and warmth to the white marble space.
There are understandable concerns over the drain of leadership and experience following the exits of Salah, Andy Robertson, Ibrahima Konate and Curtis Jones.
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James Pearce,
New York Times,
23 Aug. 2026
But many residents fear data centers will spike utility bills, drain water resources and destroy farmland.
Her final studio album, 2023’s Rockstar, was a smokestack of rock and metal covers and duets.
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Craig Jenkins,
Vulture,
26 Aug. 2026
Its skyline is dominated by towering smokestacks, hulking arrays of metal tubes and bright flames erupting from flares at petrochemical plants in the global plastics supply chain.
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Michael Hawthorne,
Chicago Tribune,
23 Aug. 2026
The old building has no sprinkler system and firefighters depend on a standpipe to deliver water to the top floors, but the pipe has been disconnected for no one knows how long.
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Andy Sheehan,
CBS News,
29 July 2026
Utilities might be shut off — and sprinkler or standpipe systems drained — leaving firefighters without tools that could slow a blaze.
This is the first year in a multiyear project in which about 6,800 hydrants will eventually be repainted.
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Mike Danahey,
Chicago Tribune,
18 Aug. 2026
West Side homeless encampment At the bustling encampment on West 45th Street at 11th Avenue, people shave with water from a hydrant and use strips of plastic and cardboard to find shade.