Exam 3 - Rule 9 to 20 Flashcards
What is Rule 9 all about?
Sanitation
The quality of drinking water from meteoric, surface or underground sources shall conform to the criteria set in the latest approved ______.
National Standards for Drinking Water Standards (NSDWS)
The design, construction, and operation of deepwells for the abstraction of groundwater shall be subject to the provisions of the ______.
Water Code of the Philippines (PD 1067)
Where shall the “potable water requirements” for a building used for human habitation be supplied, whenever available?
From existing municipal or city waterworks system
The water piping installation for water supply and distribution to each fixture including wastewater drainage with proper venting inside building and premises, shall conform to the provision of the ____.
Revised National Plumbing Code of the Philippines
According to Rule 9 Sanitation, under what section does “Water Supply System” belong to?
Section 902
(TRUE OR FALSE). “Sanitary sewage” from buildings and neutralized or pre-treated industrial wastewater shall be discharged INDIRECTLY to the nearest street sanitary sewer main of existing municipal or city sanitary sewerage system.
FALSE. It should be discharged “DIRECTLY” into the nearest street sanitary sewer main.
According to Section 903, All buildings located in areas where there are no available sanitary sewerage system shall dispose their sewage to ___ or ____ and subsurface absorption field or to a suitable waste water treatment plant or disposal system in accordance with the Code on Sanitation of the Philippines and the Revised NPCP.
“Imhoff” or “septic tank”
(TRUE or FALSE). “Rainwater drainage” SHALL DISCHARGE to the sanitary sewer system.
FALSE. The Rainwater drainage system shall NOT discharge to the sanitary sewer system.
According to Section 905. Pest and Vermin Control, All buildings with hollow and/or wood construction shall be provided with ____.
Rat-proofing
According to Section 905. Pest and Vermin Control, Is it necessary that Dining rooms for public use without artificial ventilation to be properly screened?
Yes. Dining rooms for public use MUST be properly screened.
Industrial establishments shall be provided with _______ devices to tone down the noise level of equipment and machineries to acceptable limits set down by the DOLE and the DENR.
Positive Noise Abatement Devices
(TRUE or FALSE). Noise as an unwanted sound both in quality and intensity and excessive vibration whose sources in building/structure construction shall conform to acceptable limits the required “emission standards” of DENR.
TRUE.
According to Section 907. Pipes Materials, All pipe materials to be used in buildings/structures shall conform to the standard specifications of the ____ of the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI).
Bureau of Product Standards (BPS)
What is Rule 10 all about?
Building Projection Over Public Streets
(TRUE or FALSE). ANY part of the building or structure of its appendages, shall project beyond the building line except as provided herein.
FALSE. NO PART OF ANY BUILDING or structure or any of its appendages, shall project beyond the building line.
The “projection” of any structure or appendage over a public property shall be the distance measured ____ from the property line to the outermost point of the projection.
horizontally