Ablution water consumption and possible solutions: a case study

• Main Authors: Paul, Jonathan Jacob, Abdul Rahim, Iskandar, Abdul Malek, Afif Razqin, Foo, Mei Fong, Galini, Mohd Adlie, Ahmad Nazir, Husna Diyanah, Mohd. Kassim, Amir Hashim
• Other Authors: Mohd Asharuddin, Syazwani
• Format: Book Section
• Language: English
• Published: Penerbit UTHM 2020
• Subjects: TD Environmental technology. Sanitary engineering; TD201-500 Water supply for domestic and industrial purposes
• Online Access: http://eprints.uthm.edu.my/2522/1/Bab05.pdf; http://eprints.uthm.edu.my/2522/

Ablution water from mosques in Malaysia is commonly discharged untreated into drainage channels. Running water during the ablution leads to high wastage of water. Thus, this study makes attempt to identify how much ablution is produced during peak hours followed by treatment method for reusing the ablution water in order to promote water saving for UTHM mosque. Underground tanks are recommended to be built to store the ablution water for plant irrigation around mosque.