The Ingenieur Vol 57 January-March 2014 The Ingenieur Vol 57 January-March 2014 | страница 22

INGENIEUR 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]