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In Japan, since World War II, better water systems have been developed and the amount of water used has increased rapidly. Nationally, rainfall is relatively plentiful and the cost of water service is not expensive in many regions. So people are not very sensitive about water conservation in regards to buildings. In that context, the main interest of designing the water system in a building has been to assure comfort by determining the proper number of fixtures and the system capacity.
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Kamata, M., Mae, M. (2008). Water Management in Sustainable Buildings. In: Hanaki, K. (eds) Urban Environmental Management and Technology. cSUR-UT Series: Library for Sustainable Urban Regeneration, vol 1. Springer, Tokyo. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-4-431-78397-8_1
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