CE335

STORM
DRAINAGE
SYSTEM
ROOFING ELEMENTS
TO COLLECT RAINWATER
 GUTTER
usually located along the entire
perimeter of the roof

DOWNSPOUT
located every 8 to 10 meters and at
every corner of the roof (but to avoid
clogging of pipes, it is best to locate
them every 4 to 6 meters
STRAINER OR ROOF DRAIN
drain designed to receive water
collecting on the surface of a roof
and to discharge it into a
downspout. Designed to prevent
clogging

SHOE
at the bottom of the roof leader to
direct rainwater towards the nearest
catch basin
STORM
LINE
connects to
each catch
basin

CATCH BASIN
downspouts should terminate in a
catch basin (can serve more than
one downspout)
delivers water to the sewers in the
street via gravity
Area-Drain Catch Basin: also collects
surface water
 STORM SEWERS
Carries only rainwater
collected from the storm
drain or from the streets
Terminates at natural
drainage areas (i.e. lakes,
rivers, and water
reservoirs)
Require manholes to serve
as cleanouts and to make
sewers accessible for
inspection and repair built
at depths of about 2 to 3
meters; diameter ranging
from 0.6 to 1.2 meters
RAINWATER PIPES
DOWNSPOUTS OR CONDUCTOR PIPES, GUTTERS
Rainwater piping shall not be used as soil, waste and vent pipes.
Downspout and gutter sizes are based upon the maximum depth
of rainfall per hour falling upon a given roof area in square meters.
An ave. 102 mm/hr rainfall intensity is used around Metro Manila.
Round, square (sized to enclose its equivalent round pipe) or
rectangular (shall have at least the same cross-sectional area as its
equivalent round pipe, except that the ratio of its side dimensions
shall not exceed 3 to 1) rainwater pipes may be used for
downspouts.
Downspouts for high-rise buildings shall be of stronger pipe
materials to resist the high hydrostatic pressure, they shall be
installed within a pipe chase, and have no intermediate branch
from the roof to the ground level.
 ROOF DRAINS
Roof drains shall be equipped with dome-type strainers extending
102 mm above the surface of the roof surface. With a minimum
total net inlet area of 1 – ½ times the area of the outlet pipe to
which it is connected.
Roof deck strainers shall be approved flat-surface type, with a total
net inlet area not less than 2 times the area of the outlet pipe to
which the drain is connected.
Roof drains passing through building interiors shall be made
watertight by the use of C.I. drain with integrally-cast waterstop
ring around the outside of the body and placed at mid-depth of
the concrete roof slab and the installation of a clamped suitable
flashing material around the drain.
MAJOR SYSTEMS OF
COLLECTING STORM WATER
THE INDEPENDENT
SYSTEM
aka “The Separate
System”
brings the collected
water directly to the
water reservoirs
THE COMBINED
SYSTEM
combines storm water
with sanitary wastes
THE NATURAL
SYSTEM
without using any roof
gutters or downspouts
rainwater is collected in
cisterns