BS 8595:2013 PDF

What is this standard about? BS 8595 gives recommendations on how to select water reuse systems. It covers systems for rainwater harvesting, storm-water harvesting and greywater reuse. This water is used for a variety of non-potable water uses like watering gardens, laundry and flushing toilets. It does not cover systems supplying potable water for drinking, food preparation and cooking, dishwashing and personal hygiene. Nor does it cover other sources of non-potable water, such as treated effluent, reclaimed industrial process water and water abstracted from wells and boreholes. Who is this standard for?

Specialist water-reuse system practitioners Architects Consultants Water PLCs Local authorities Contractors House builders Consulting engineers Drainage authorities

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