Abstract: A novel water pipe smoking system features a base chamber having a base chamber cavity connected to a hose. The base chamber is designed to contain a water level and a vapor headspace. The system features one or more stacked filtering liquid lock chambers each having a filtering liquid lock chamber cavity. The filtering liquid lock chamber is designed to contain a water level and a vapor headspace. The system features one or more chamber connecting lids each having an open tube. The filtering liquid lock chamber is attached to either another filtering liquid lock chamber or the base chamber via the chamber connecting lid. The system features a stem cap having an open tube that is attached to a topmost filtering liquid lock chamber at a filtering liquid lock chamber top. The system features a medicine bowl located on the filtering liquid lock chamber lid.