SANITATION PROVISION

uilding Design Systems

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Proper Sanitation One of the requirements in a minimum dwelling unit

• National Building Code of the Philippine all buildings for human habitation shall be provided with adequate and
• Book II of the Civil Code of the Philippines on potable water supply, plumbing installation, and suitable wastewater treatment
Property, Ownership, and its Modification or disposal system, storm water drainage, pest and vermin control, and noise
abatement devices

These are required to ensure the protection

and promotion of health of persons
occupying the premises and others living
nearby.
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Water Supply System

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Water Supply System

the potable water requirements for a building used for human habitation shall be
• National Building Code of the Philippine
supplied from existing municipal or city waterworks system.
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Water Supply System

• National Standards for Drinking Water quality of drinking water

the sources of water from various wells, the design, construction, and
• Water Code the Philippines
operation of deep wells for the abstraction of groundwater
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Water Supply System

• National Plumbing Code of the Philippines The water piping installations made inside buildings and premises

The design, construction, and operation of independent waterworks systems in private housing subdivisions or industrial estates shall be
governed by existing laws relating to local waterworks system
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Wastewater Disposal System

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Wastewater Disposal System

sanitary sewage from buildings shall be discharged directly into the nearest
• National Building Code of the Philippine
street sanitary sewer main of existing municipal or sanitary sewerage system

in accordance with the criteria set by

the Code on Sanitation and the National
Pollution Control Commission.

As such, all buildings located in areas where there are no

available sanitary sewerage system shall dispose their sewage
in approved private sewage disposal systems i.e. septic tanks.
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Wastewater Disposal System

• National Plumbing Code of the Philippines Sanitary and industrial plumbing installations inside buildings and its premises
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Storm Drainage System

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Storm Drainage System

rainwater drainage shall not be discharge to the sanitary sewer system. As

• National Building Code of the Philippine
such, adequate provisions shall be made to drain low areas in buildings and its
premises.
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Pest and Vermin Control

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Storm Drainage System

all buildings with hollow and/or wood construction shall be provided with
• National Building Code of the Philippine
rat proofing. This may come in various forms i.e. installing steel rat
guards or screens fitted to drainpipes, hard metal strips fitted to the
bottom of opening in doors and windows.

Garbage bins and receptacles shall be provided with ready means for
cleaning and with positive protection against entry of pest and vermin.
Dining rooms for public use without artificial ventilation shall be properly
screened.
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Noise Control
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Storm Drainage System

industrial establishments shall be provided with positive noise abatement

• National Building Code of the Philippine
devices to tone down the noise level of equipment and machineries to
acceptable limits set down by the Department of Labor and the National
Pollution Control Commission.