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WET RISER
Figure 1: Wet Riser
Source : Courtesy of JKR
A wet riser system is so called because it maintenance work.
is permanently charged with pressurized Since the Tower is a green building,
water from a pumped source for buildings when testing the pump would shoots our
over 30 meters tall according to UBBL- water to show that it is functioning.
REHDA. However, the water that were pumped out
From the figure above, the pumps and were collected and being transferred back
tank were located at Level 18 and Level into the tank.
36 of the JKR Tower. The systems were
strategically placed to ease the
OPERATION
Water is Pumped to the
Water in the tanks
Fire Detected rising main at each floor
proceed to pumps.
up to 50 meters.
The firefighters need to A valve is twitsted to The hose is then ready
attach the hose to the to be used by the fire
landing valve outlets at allow the pumped water fighters to eliminate the
to go through.
the required floor. fire at the required area.
