TECHNICAL INSTRUCTION FOR WATER SUPPLY SYSTEM

1.1 WATER SUPPLY, WATER TREATMENT SYSTEM & PV MODULE

CLEANING SYSTEM
1.1.1 Scope of application

The instructions in this chapter relating to the supply, construction, acceptance

for the water supply, water treatment, distribuition and rainwater drainage
system. For this works, if using the items and tasks listed below, these
technical instructions and the technical specifications relating to construction
drawing design document shall be applied.
1.1.2 General terms and definitions

 Water supply system is a set of works in collecting, treating, regulating,

transporting and distributing water to water users.
 Water demand is the amount of water supplied to a division using water
per unit time or the amount of water supplied to a product division
(l/person/day, l/product).
 Water exploitation project is a project extracting water from water source.
 Water supply network is a network of water pipelines and works on
pipelines to bring water to consumers.
 Circuit water supply network is a network supplying water to users in a
closed circuit.
 A cut-end water network is a network supplying water to consumers from
one direction.
 Domestic wastewater is discharged from human activities such as eating,
drinking, washing, bathing and personal hygiene.
 Industrial wastewater is discharged from industrial production activities,
trade villages, business activities or other production activities.
 Sources of receiving wastewater are surface water or coastal areas, with
specific use purposes, where wastewater is discharged into
 A drainage system is a combination of equipment, technical works,
drainage network and means for gathering wastewater from where it
comes, conducting, transporting to works for treating, disinfecting and
discharging wastewater into receiving sources.
 A drainage network is a system of pipelines, ditch or c channel and the
works being on it to collect and drain wastewater for a certain area.
 Wastewater treatment process in aerobic condition is decomposing process
of organic pollutants in wastewater under action of microorganisms in airy
oxygen condition.
  Wastewater treatment process in anaerobic conditions is decomposing
process of organic pollutants in wastewater under action of
microorganisms without oxygen in the air.
 Wastewater treatment by mechanical methods is the technological process
of wastewater treatment by mechanical and physical methods
 Wastewater treatment by biological methods is process of wastewater
treatment technology based on the ability of microorganisms in
decomposing impurity.
 Chemical wastewater treatment is the technological process of wastewater
treatment with chemical.
1.1.3 Applicable Codes and Standards

 TCVN 4474: 1987: Internal drainage – Design standard.

 TCVN 4513: 1988: Internal water supply – Design standard.
 TCVN 4208:2009: Vane pump – General technical requirements.
 TCXDVN 33: 2006: WATER SUPPLY - DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM
AND FACILITIES - DESIGN STANDARD
 TCXDVN 7957: 2008: Drainage and sewerage - External Networks and
Facilities - Design Standard.
 TCXDVN 51: 2008: Drainage and sewerage - External Networks and
Facilities Design Standard.
 TCVN 4519:1988 Indoor water supply and drainage systems- Codes for
construction, check and acceptance
 TCVN 5576:1991: Water supply and drainage systems – Rules for
technical management.
 TCVN 7308:2008: Plastics piping systems - Polyethylene (PE) pipes and
fittings for water supply.
 Some of other relevant applicable standards, rules and regulations.
1.1.4 Technical requirements for materials, equipment and installation
(1) Materials
In case of using the following materials and equipment for works, the
standards and technical requirements are prescribed as follows:
 Pipe materials of uPVC
 HDPE pipe Ø 100 mm, working pressure of pipe is 2 bar. The pipe is
tested according to the manufacturer's recommendations.
  UPVC pipe for pipe Ø≥ 63mm, working pressure of pipe is 6bar
specified in Viet Nam Standards 6151: 1996, ISO 4422: 1990 (standard
for metric pipe).
 UPVC pipe Ø 21 mm, working pressure of pipe is 15 bar, Ø 27- Ø 34
mm to be 12 bar.
 Domestic drainage pipe to be Ø 60 and Ø 90, raining-water drainage pipe
to be Ø 90 and Ø 200 stool drainage pipe to be Ø114 mm: Pipes are
manufactured and tested as standard BS3505: 1968 (pipes standardized in
inch) or equivalent Viet Nam standard. Other pipes of equivalent quality
may be chosen during construction.
 Material of PP-R water-supply pipelines: PP-R pipe is manufactured as
standard DIN 8077: 1999 or equivalent standards
(2) Valves

 All valves must be ensured to be lubricated, with the lowest pressure loss
when they are fully open and fully watertight when they are closed.
 All valves are closed in the clockwise direction.
 Valve body shall be subjected to hydraulic test of the manufacturer at
twice working pressure of the valve.
(3) Check valve and returned valve
Manufactured as standards: Din F4, BS 5163, JIS. Working pressure:
10bar.
(4) Air-relief valve

 The aerodynamic type is suitable to push air when charging or discharging

piping water and the ball valve movement will be controlled in a way of
keeping valve opened while filling the pipeline at high speed. On valve
body shall be clearly marked of weather resistance, manufacturer name,
load capacity, serial number, weight, ...
 Working pressure of valve 10 bar
 Single-ball valve type
(5) Bolts
Length of bolt shall be equal to total length of flange, nut and washer. Nut
shall be easily rotated on the screw head, not be sticky.
(6) Water supply pumps
Water pump is run/worked by electric motor or diesel engine.
Pumps shall ensure to meet requirements of flow and design head.
General specifications must basically meet the standard TCVN 4208:
2009.
(7) Concrete, bricks, steel, steel structures, bolts used in drainage systems.
Standards in construction drawing design document shall be applied in
use.
(8) Materials and joints for culvert.
Using of drainage culverts for works, requirements are as follows:
- Culverts are casted in factory, and factory certificate with full
specifications shall be granted.
- Concrete culverts must reach intensity of R28 days to get access to
construction. No acceptance of cracked, broken concrete at culvert head.
- Concrete culvert supports can be casted at construction site and must make
maintenance on concrete as specified in provisions of reaching intensity
R28 days before installation.
- With rubber connector, it is only acceptable for molded rubber bands
without breaking, cracking or breaking, aging signs and being with
longlife over 20 years. Joint testing standards as following:
+ TCVN 1592: 87 General requirements for physicomechanical tests;
+ TCVN 1595: 88 Rubber - Method for determination of shore A hardness;
+ TCVN 1597: 87 Rubber, vulcanized or thermoplastic – Determination of
tear strength;
+ TCVN 4509: 88 Rubber. Determination of tensile strength;
+ TCVN 2229: 77 Rubber - Method test of heat aging.
1.1.5 Document submission
(1) Overview
Before construction, the owner (Party A) needs to notify the relevant
infrastructure management units to coordinate in construction, to ensure
compatibility with regional common connections, safety for adjacent works,
labor safety, construction progress, and to save time for works investment. In
addition, continuity throughout the construction period shall be ensured;
Before constructing this part, contractor must submit to the Owner/consultant
the location, scope of system and related tasks, especially the underground
section.
Before construction of next part, acceptance of concealed works as prescribed
is necessary;
If there are problems or changes in technical factors between contruction
parties, the Owner and the consultant shall discuss and agree in writen
additional documents for construction as-built document.
(9) Documents submitted by contractor
  Calculation sheet, design drawings.
 Catalogue of manufacturers supplying materials/equipment for project.
 Manufacturing drawings of construction units or manufacturers.
(10) Requirements of contractor’s documents

 Title block of drawing: supplier’s name, drawing number, drawing

description including content, date of publication or last inspection.
 Related drawings for reference
 Detailed drawings of supports, hangings, manufacturer’s requirements
 Typical details and connections.
 Detailed list of materials/equipment of drainage system with codes and
applicable standards with technical specifications.
 Installation requirements such as connection requirements, materials,
installation tolerance requirements, safety requirements.
 Requirement for order of construction steps.
1.1.6 Installation requirements

1.1.6.1 Overview
When installing the external drainage system, required minimum depth of
buried culvert must be h=0.4m from the finished ground to top of culvert.
Underground pipe must be properly installed in accordance with standards.
System of ceiling-hanged pipes must be fixed by steel rods. Pipes must be
surely installed with slope for good drainage.
Distance between transmission lines and piping systems vertically and
horizontally must be as Vietnam Standard.

1.1.6.2 Installation scope by contractor

 Installing system as specified in design drawing.
 Installation includes:
 Items as specified in approved design.
 Coordinating with other units
 Coordinating with architectural design, structure and service systems at
site.
 Acceptance includes:
 Materials/equipment before installation
 Construction/erection
  Equipment installation
 Trial running no load, full load and certificated as completed installation
requirement.
 Preparation and completion of quality management records:
 Acceptance Minutes
 As-built drawings
 Certificates of materials/equipment
 Results of experiment and testing
 Warranty: as prescribed time.

1.1.6.3 Coordination of related contractors

Project is divided into many bidding packages, therefore in construction,
contractors need to coordinate together to organize properly, avoid
duplication, waste time and cost.
The unit installing drainage system must coordinate with contractor in
construction of house, traffic, electric cables, communications, fire fighting,
etc.
If any problems or incident, contractors must immediately report them to
project management board and engineering units for jointly handling
solutions.

1.1.6.4 Construction and installation of water supply and drainage pipelines

(1) Construction of ditch canal
Basing on the cross-section of traffic roads in project area, drainage pipelines
are installed along the roads, in the planned corridor, internal area, ditch
location, pipes laying, grooving as specified in design drawing.
Construction of canals/ditch can be started only getting acceptance of
supervision and having gathered enough supplies/materials and inspected in
written munites for the next task for ensuring the uninterrupted construction.
Construction unit must ensure that there are warning signs, protection barriers
along the roads, night lighting, ...
When digging across the road, only a half (1/2) of the road surface allowed to
digging, after installation, this section must be filled carefully before digging
the other half. The road must be completely returned as it is after treating.
Remaining depth at 100mm in digging holes and ditches, before reaching the
design depth, must be dug by hand.
When reaching bottom height it’s found materials not allowed existence at
bottom layer, dig and remove and fill it up as prescribed.
The ditch bottom must be flat and dried.
 Depth of piped ditch must be as specified in design drawing. Accepted
tolerance for depth is ± 5%.
Compacting sand along the road in layers of ≤ 300mm thick. If any reason of
putting deeper or shallower, there must be agreement of engineering
consultant
(2) Draining the excavated pit
Construction unit is responsible for drying the excavated pit and the line
during construction process.
Drying methods such as making lower the groundwater level, pumping
out to areas of allowed discharge.
(3) Pipe cutting and drilling
Pipe cutting and drilling will be conducted by experienced craftsmen. Pipe
must be cut, grinded and beveled at the cutting edge position as specified in
manufacturer's pipe regulations to ensure the pipe connection.
Cracked pipes are only cut for reuse if the pipe is not damaged. Cutting
position is at least 30cm away from the crack.
(4) Materials surrounding pipes
Material surrounding pipes is sandy cushion as specified in VietNam Standard
1770-1986, sand will be spread and compacted carefully.
After installation of pipes, the contractor will fill up with maximum sand layer
of 30cm thich using handy compactors with compacted by toads, filling until
it meets the requirements of design document.
For pipes located in sidewalks with leveled sand ground: Installation of pipes
on the tight leveling sand ground, then filling and compacting sand layer as it
is.
For pipe crossing road: Minimum depth of buried pipes is 0.50m from the
ground and embedded with concrete pipes.

1.1.6.5 Installation of pipes and fittings

(1) Preparation
Prepare the pipes and fittings ready for installation. Joining head of pipes
must clean. Joints should be clean, undamaged and deformed.
Prepare tools to placing pipes and fittings such as hoists, racks, pulleys,
levers, rakes, rags.
Professional workers are ready to install pipes and the pipe fitting must follow
the manufacturer's instructions.
(2) Pipe installation for outdoor
Installing pipes as manufacturer's instructions.
 When stopping construction, pipe head must be tight and blocked with an
appropriate stopper
Residue valve or gas discharged valve must be installed at high or low
position of pipes as specified in design drawing.
Placing pipes horizontally as the design. No deviation allowed at the flange
joint.
When installing the flanged joints, pay high attention to evenly tighten bolts
as symmetry principle.
Before installation, valves shall be tested on opening and closing operations
and tightness of shaft seals.
The details of residue drainage valve or air discharged valve,... are installed at
same time with the main pipelines.
(3) Internal Pipe installation
Vertical pipe of system must stay in technical box for supply and drainage
pipe. All types of indoor pipes must go in the wall and under the floor. It is
necessary to seal the pipe ends in case of waiting for pipe fittings,

1.1.6.6 Installing water tank on roof

Quantity, volumn, size and position of sinks as specified in design document
and manufacturer.
Notice when lifting the tank to the roof, avoid to bump into other components.
There must be measures to prevent anchor from moving or being pushed
down by the wind.
Pay attention of waterproofing at foot of tank, the tank foot is anchored to the
reinforced concrete floor.
1.1.6.7 Installation of underground water tanks, septic tanks, manholes
Underground works such as water tanks, septic tanks, indoor drainage pipes,
… will be constructed during foundation construction to avoid repeated
excavation. During construction, comply with the regulations of reinforced
concrete work.
1.1.7 Inspection and Testing
(1) Inspection order
Pressure pipe is tested by clean water, before the test, pipes shall be rinsed
free of any mud, sand or any other material, no air in the water-filled pipes for
at least 12 hours. Tested pipes shall be completely isolated from other pipes.
The sealing of each tested segment of pipe shall be taken by appropriate
methods prior to testing. Preparing sufficient clean water to pump and water
containers. The pumps must have suitable capacity and backup pump to
ensure continuous, effective testing.
 During the test, check water leaking test, especially at the joints.
(11) Test procedure
Length of tested pipe: not more than 1,000m
Test pressure is equal to 1.25 times of working pressure, but not less than 3.5
bar.
(12) Testing time
Pumping water to the testing level of pressure
After 2 hours from pump stoppage, the pressure can be reduced (due to of
allowed leakage loss of water) to bring pressure up to the correct testing
pressure.
Being pressured for the next 6 hours to check the stability of the whole
pipeline.
(13) Standards of inspection and testing
Tesing standard: TCVN 7308:2008 and/or US Standard Ansi/Awwa C600-93 (or European
Standard DIN 4279).