Rule IX - Sanitation

Question 1

Ownership, and its Modification, all buildings hereafter erected, altered, remodeled, relocated or repaired for human habitation shall be provided with adequate and potable water supply, plumbing installation, and suitable wastewater treatment or disposal system, storm water drainage, pest and vermin control, noise abatement device, and such other measures required for the protection and promotion of health of persons occupying the premises and others living nearby.

Answer 1

Book II of the Civil Code of the Philippines on Property

Question 2

The quality of drinking water from meteoric, surface or underground sources shall conform to the criteria set in the latest approved

Answer 2

National Standards for Drinking Water Standards.

Question 3

The design, construction and operation of deepwells for the abstraction of groundwater shall be subject to the provisions of

Answer 3

Water Code of the Philippines (PD 1067)

Question 4

Water Code of the Philippines

Answer 4

PD 1067

Question 5

The design, construction and operation of independent waterwork systems of private housing subdivisions or industrial estates shall be governed by existing laws relating to

Answer 5

local waterworks system

Question 6

The water piping installation for water supply and distribution to each fixture including the wastewater drainage with proper venting inside building and premises, shall conform to the provision of the

Answer 6

Revised National Plumbing Code of the Philippines

Question 7

Sanitary sewage from buildings and neutralized or pre-treated industrial wastewater shall be discharged directly into the nearest street sanitary sewer main of existing municipal or city sanitary sewerage system in accordance with the criteria set by the Code on ________ and the ________

Answer 7

Sanitation of the Philippines and the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR)

Question 8

All buildings located in areas where there are no available sanitary sewerage system shall dispose their sewage to “Imhoff” or septic tank and subsurface absorption field or to a suitable waste water treatment plant or disposal system in accordance with the _____ and the _______.

Answer 8

Code on Sanitation of the Philippines and the Revised National Plumbing Code of the Philippines

Question 9

Sanitary and industrial plumbing installations inside buildings and premises shall conform to the provisions of the

Answer 9

Revised National Plumbing Code of the Philippines

Question 10

Rainwater drainage shall be discharged to the sanitary sewer system

Answer 10

False, Rainwater drainage shall not discharge to the sanitary sewer system.

Question 11

All buildings with hollow and/or wood construction shall be provided with rat-proofing

Answer 11

True

Question 12

Industrial establishments shall be provided with positive noise abatement devices to tone down the noise level of equipment and machineries to acceptable limits set down by the ______ and the ________.

Answer 12

Department of Labor and Employment and the Department of Environment and Natural Resources

Question 13

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.

Answer 13

True

Question 14

All pipe materials to be used in buildings/structures shall conform to the standard specifications of the ________ and the ________.

Answer 14

Bureau of Product Standards (BPS) of the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI).