Realistic Plumbing


**Water that really flows through your pipes.**

Realistic Plumbing is a plumbing add-on for **[Realistic Water](https://github.com/sskaffy/Realistic-Water)**.
Every pipe, tank and valve is a real hollow vessel, so Realistic Water's simulated water
physically runs through it. Pump it out of a lake, push it up a tower, split it down two
branches, drip it over your crops or pour it onto a water wheel, and watch every drop do it.

> **Requires [Realistic Water](https://github.com/sskaffy/Realistic-Water) 1.3.2+ and Fabric API.**
> Minecraft 26.3, Fabric. Install it on both the client and the server.

## Pipes
- **Copper & Glass Pipes**: connect automatically; watch the water through the glass
- **Irrigation Pipe**: drips water along its length and **waters your crops**
- **Gate Valve**, **Diverter Valve** (left, right or both) and a wall **Tap**
- **Spout**: an open nozzle for the end of a line
- **Pressure Gauge** and **Turbine Flow Meter**: the turbine spins with the real water

## Water Mains
Huge 2x2 pipes for moving serious amounts of water:
- **Copper & Glass Water Mains**: small pipes can branch off their sides
- **Main Junction Box**: bends up, down, left and right, plus tees and crossings
- **Main Gate Valve** with a rising-stem handwheel, and a **Main Reducer** down to small pipe

## Pumps
- **Centrifugal Pump**: the everyday inline pump
- **Industrial Lift Pump**: draws water up out of wells and lakes
- **Axial Flow Pump**: the big one; drives a whole water main
- **Drain Grate**: swallows standing water

## And more
- **Glass Tanks** that stack into towers and merge side by side into one big tank
- **Water Wheel**: three blocks across, turned by the water you pour onto it
- **Crops get watered** by Realistic Water's water from drips, taps, spouts and floods
- Detailed animated models: spinning impellers and rotors, flywheels, pistons, gauge needles
- Tooltips on every item and a settings screen (press **J** or type `/plumbing`)

## Built not to break
Pumps only run when they have water to draw and somewhere to send it, so nothing ever gets
crammed into a sealed pipe. If a pump can't run it puffs smoke, and right-clicking it tells you why.

## Good to know
- Water wheels and flow meters show the water on your own screen; they don't give a redstone signal.
- Water mains run straight: use a **Main Junction Box** to turn corners or go up and down.

## Credits
The water simulation is **Realistic Water** by **Skaffy**. Realistic Plumbing is a separate
add-on and contains none of its code.