best management practices for efficient water use in high rise and ...

Prevention of backflow and siphonage
into either water supply system.
Provide in-building treatment plants to produce
high-quality recycled water for non-potable uses
within the building if the construction of satellite
treatment plant isn’t feasible.
Provide dual-plumbed infrastructure for water
distribution in newly proposed future developments.
Institute and run training programs for operators of
water reclamation facilities to staff future satellite
water reclamation plants and in-building water
recycling facilities.
Publish guidance booklets and brochures for use
by treatment plant operators and site supervisors.
Storm Water Capture and Reuse:
Captured stormwater may be used for landscape
irrigation and to supplement recycled water
supplies. Rainfall and resultant stormwater may be
captured by: collecting runoff from roofs and
buildings, diverting surface flows into catchment
basins, removing debris and storing water in tanks.
Conservation Manager
Appoint water conservation manager with the
following responsibilities and duties:
Coordination and oversight of conservation
programs and BMP implementation.
Define and quantify the potential water
efficiency savings.
Create programs that deliver water efficient
measures.
Communication and promotion of water
conservation; preparation of annual
conservation budget; participation with
other organizations to achieve water
efficiency goals; and preparation of the
conservation elements of the agency’s
Water Conservation Plan.
Evaluate program progress and make
appropriate changes to program activities.
Report achievements of the program to
management and the target audiences.
Public Information BMP
Designing public information activities should
consider the objectives of the water conservation
effort and be carefully planned. The overall process
is described in the following steps:
Frame the problem – focus on issues and
boundaries, describe the project need.
Identify constraints – determine issues to
be negotiated with the public and those that
cannot, such as regulatory or political
mandates, spending limits.
Identify and describe decision steps and
project milestones – develop a schedule
that shows public input decision points.
Identify and understand potentially affected
stakeholders – identify the groups that
should be involved.
Determine vulnerability and must-resolve
issues- focus efforts on issues and groups
likely to generate the most conflict.
Determine the appropriate level of public
involvement – establish what level of
involvement is needed to address
stakeholder concerns.
Select processes and techniques – by
completing the above six steps first, the
agency can save time and money by
selecting from many available techniques.
Develop a public involvement work plan.
Implement and monitor the work plan–
periodic monitoring is needed to ensure
that the time frame has not changed.
Manage change- the process must be
flexible enough to adapt to changes in
schedule, political climate, staff or critical
issues.
Identify target audiences.
Utilize effective consensus building
techniques.
Metering all Customers
Meter all water sources, potable and non-potable,
piped or tanker delivered.
Install separate meters or sub-meters for individual
leased, rented, or other tenant or sub-tenant space
within all commercial and residential buildings.
Frequently provide current water use data to
customers and tenants. Bill tenants based on
volume of water consumed. Connect meters and
sub-meters to a central data system where
warranted.
Install sub-meters on major water using equipment
so leaks and other malfunctions may be identified.
Submeter locations may include: laundry
operations, swimming pools, food service &
kitchens, irrigation systems, boiler makeup water,
feed water to hot water boilers, separate water
heating systems, condensate return lines to boilers
makeup and blowdown water to all cooling towers
and other large water using equipment or process.
Water Waste Prohibition
Implement the recently developed Water Demand
Management Policy in Jordan which prohibits water
resources from being wasted.
Conservation Pricing