Plumbing Fun Facts

● Standardized Plumbing can be traced back to around 3,000 B.C. when the Indus River
Valley civilization used earthen plumbing pipes to provide transportable water and drain
wastes.
● If you have a leaky faucet that drips twice a minute you’ll waste over a gallon of water in
a week.
● Mario and Luigi are plumbers.
● Manholes are circular so that if they are turned sideways they can’t fall through.