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Replacement Kitchen Water Filter Why is there a hole in my sink tailpipe and can I replace it?

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I'm replacing my water filtration system. The old one used a dedicated drinking faucet. The new one connects directly to the main faucet. In removing the old drinking faucet, I found 3 lines: input, output and a third line that ranenter image description here to a hole that was drilled into the drain pipe. This was held tight by a bracket that was clamped around the drain pipe. My

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My question is WHY and is there some reason I can't replace that section of PVC with one that's intact? Is there something that needs to drain there that I don't know about?

I'm replacing my water filtration system. The old one used a dedicated drinking faucet. The new one connects directly to the main faucet. In removing the old drinking faucet, I found 3 lines: input, output and a third line that ranenter image description here to a hole that was drilled into the drain pipe. This was held tight by a bracket that was clamped around the drain pipe. My question is WHY and is there some reason I can't replace that section of PVC with one that's intact? Is there something that needs to drain there that I don't know about?

I'm replacing my water filtration system. The old one used a dedicated drinking faucet. The new one connects directly to the main faucet. In removing the old drinking faucet, I found 3 lines: input, output and a third line that ran to a hole that was drilled into the drain pipe. This was held tight by a bracket that was clamped around the drain pipe.

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My question is WHY and is there some reason I can't replace that section of PVC with one that's intact? Is there something that needs to drain there that I don't know about?

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Replacement Kitchen Water Filter

I'm replacing my water filtration system. The old one used a dedicated drinking faucet. The new one connects directly to the main faucet. In removing the old drinking faucet, I found 3 lines: input, output and a third line that ranenter image description here to a hole that was drilled into the drain pipe. This was held tight by a bracket that was clamped around the drain pipe. My question is WHY and is there some reason I can't replace that section of PVC with one that's intact? Is there something that needs to drain there that I don't know about?