7. Glossary
Toiture inaccessible; Unaccessible roof
Roof accessible only to dedicated personnel and intended for maintenance of waterproofing, equipment or installations requiring little intervention (annual or half-yearly frequency).
Rainwater Harvesting
A technique generally used in buildings to collect rainwater intercepted by all or part of the roof and store it in a tank located in or near the building, from which it is redistributed for uses that do not require drinking water quality.
Volume utile (de stockage); Usable storage
Maximum amount of water that can be extracted from a storage device under normal conditions, usually from the overflow to the lowest extraction point.
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Bibliography
Standards and norms
- Systèmes de récupération de l'eau de pluie pour son utilisation à l'intérieur et à l'extérieur des bâtiments (remplacée par la norme EN 16941-1). - NF P 16-005 - 2011
- Protection contre la pollution de l'eau potable dans les réseaux intérieurs et exigences générales des dispositifs de protection contre la pollution par retour. - NF EN 1717 - 2001
- Rainwater harvesting systems – code of practice [Rainwater...
Regulations
Arrêté du 21 août 2008 relatif à la récupération des eaux de pluie et à leur usage à l'intérieur et à l'extérieur des bâtiments.
Arrêté du 17 décembre 2008 relatif au contrôle des installations privatives de distribution d'eau potable, des ouvrages de prélèvement, puits et forage et des ouvrages de récupération des eaux de pluie.
Guides
ASTEE (Scientific and Technical Association for Water and the Environment). – Guide Technique Récupération et Utilisation de l'eau de pluie. Information and recommendations for the construction of systems using water from roofs and stored in situ. Paris: ASTEE, 65 p., coordinated by Bernard de Gouvello (2015).
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Scientific and technical association for water and the environment (ASTEE) :
International Rainwater Harvesting Alliance (IRHA) :
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