The Ingenieur Vol 57 January-March 2014 The Ingenieur Vol 57 January-March 2014 | страница 22
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in May 2011. Subsequently, the embarked on research and utilised as an alternative water
Uniform Building By-Law (UBBL development
of
rainwater supply system for flushing toilets
1984 Amendment 2011) was harvesting systems and has and landscaping purposes while
gazetted by the Federal Territory successfully carried out a number at the laboratory, it is used
of Kuala Lumpur and four states of projects. NAHRIM developed as the main water supply for
namely Johor, Selangor, Perak a simulation software known as physical modelling activities.
and Kelantan. The By-‐Law
is
an
important
milestone
estimating
Uniform
Building
UBBL 1984 ‘Tangki NAHRIM’ for and
achievement
The order
to
for the Office
in
system ensure
that
Amendment arvesting
systems
will
be
widely
used
in
the
country
and
cComplex istowards
sustainable
2011 requires the optimum size of rainwater
rainwater
h
ontributes
designed to store
new semi-detached houses, tanks by simulating the amount 20m3 of rainwater from a
water
resources
management.
bungalows and all detached of rainwater captured and total maximum roof catchment of
buildings with a roof area rainwater volume delivered and 3,000m2. The system utilises
equivalent to, or more than by calculating the reliability of three storage tanks: [1] an
2
100mC, toStudies
install rainwater the system and efficiency of underground reinforced concrete
R&D
ase
harvesting
system.
The the storage. Highlighted here rainwater tank of 10m3, [2]