Water tank + plumbing system

[pandaa]

Hello

I am a student from the University of Nottingham currently studying civil engineering. I have started my project about designing a residential/ hotel and had run into some problem, and if possible, I would like some advice from you guys. I am now currently designing a tall building which is approximately 60 stories high and the plan would be within 45x45m. How would you imagine the water pumping system to be like? I was wondering if pressure regulators are used in the UK, and is there any specification in what sort of water tanks I can look into? How many water tanks do I need to accommodate all the floors? I am wondering if there is any extra component that I can look into? is there any examples or illustrations that i can look into?

I hope it didn’t take you a lot of your time for this. I only need a brief answer just to make my mind clear of what the system would look like. Thank you for your attention.

charles.

[Loopy]

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[pandaa]

This is REALLY useful for my project, thankyou for your time

god bless

[Windex]

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[plinko]

An efficient use of water for residential is 300 cubic feet / person / month. So if you go by units, a 3 bedroom condo would use approx. 1200 cubic feet per month.

That may or may not help your storage calculations.

[Alpha]

Is it really a good idea not to install a water tank in a large high-rise building? Such a tank is a good water reservoir for fire extinguishing and if pumps or electricity supply fail, water supply is not immediately interrupted.

[bosmausasky]

I think that tanks should be mandatory in High rises, I know of a few buildings that do have them. Ofcourse there is the cost and space issues. Additionally most if not all high rises would have at least two pumps if one failed, many buildings will have backup power supplies for pumps maybe one diesel and one electric.

[scalziand]

Don't forget that when installed in a particularly slender highrise tower, the water tank can also function as a tuned mass damper.