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Don’t trust your water hygiene to luck
 Every school, college and university needs to know the water in its buildings is safe. If you are responsible for building safety, you need to identify sources of risk, prepare a plan for managing the risk, and monitor the scheme.
Impure water causes expensive problems and inconvenience. Of the potential impurities, Legionella is the most serious. If not properly controlled, it can spread rapidly, causing severe damage to health, even death. Particular hazards include old, unused or infrequently used showers, poorly maintained or ageing hot and cold water systems, roof tanks, hidden unused pipework, water features, machine tool coolant systems, spa baths, hose reel and sprinkler systems and emergency eyewashes.
Water-borne pathogens such as Legionella most often enter education facilities through aerosols generated by cooling towers, showers, taps and water features but some 40% of the outbreaks can be attributed to hot and cold water systems, sinks, aerators and toilets as well as fire fighting sprinklers and hose reels.
Legal requirements
AquaCare’s total water hygiene services portfolio enables its customers to meet the requirements of HSE ACoP L8 for the control of Legionella bacteria in water systems, and the Water Supply (Water Fittings) Regulations 1999.
Water system risk assessments, complete with asset registers
Written reports, pipe-work schematics and system details
Priority action plans for essential remedial works and on-going control measures
Cleaning and disinfection of systems and storage
On-site staff training
Systems monitoring and maintenance, including Radio-Tech's Legionella control and monitoring system and ZetaSafe’s web-based electronic logbooks for asset management across large estates.
The hot and cold water systems in old - and new - education buildings are complex. Temperature control maintenance alone may not be sufficient for controlling Legionella, suggesting chemical and other water treatments may also be considered. AquaCare offers a progressive efficiency improvement programme to eliminate systemic problems and reduce chemical usage.
Every school, college and university needs its water is absolutely safe. Take it for granted and the problems could be costly to put right, ruin your reputation and cause illness - even death - among your staff, students and visitors. Our clients enjoy peace of mind knowing their reputation, and the health and safety of their clients and customers, are in safe, professional hands.
Don’t trust your water hygiene to luck. Trust AquaCare to take care of it all.
For more information
Tel: 0845 603 2152
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Web: www.aquacarewhs.com
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