What is the whole in the sink that is close to you when you wash your hands for?

I have always thought it was to help from the sink from overflowing. But that is a good question.|||That hole is for excess water drainage. So that if you run the water in the sink with the bottom hole closed, and it gets up to that hole on the side, it can start draining some of the water back down the drain through that hole.


Take care.|||To keep it from overflowing....|||That hole in the front of the sink is a safety gap, to prevent the sink from overflowing.





If the main drain should become clogged, or if someone should accidentally walk away and leave the water running, that safety gap will keep the house from flooding.





Of course, it will not keep the water bills from rising, as long as the water is running . . .|||The %26quot;HOLE%26quot; is for overflow