Water Hygiene
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Our consultants can give you a helping hand to ensure you are compliant and your water is safe.
Water Hygiene
It is the responsibility of the statutory duty holder to ensure water systems are managed and the risk from legionella controlled. A legionella risk assessment must be undertaken periodically and a suitable legionella control regime in place. Our consultants can give you a helping hand to ensure you are compliant and your water is safe.
Employers, or persons in control of premises, including landlords and managing agents, must understand the health risks associated with legionella. A responsible person must be appointed to ensure all compliance obligations are met.
Legionella Risk Assessment
Legionella Risk Assessments (LRA’s) are one of our most essential and frequently used compliance services, designed to assess your water system……
Written Schemes
Provision of a site-specific written scheme detailing the water management required for the building. The written scheme is specific to the property and will detail all parties the roles and responsibilities…..
Logbooks
Water logbooks are fundamental to successfully managing a buildings water quality, along with maintaining the required logs and records……
Water Sampling & Testing
A management service that provides a consultant to take water samples, and complete temperature monitoring….
Training
Training is available from our dedicated consultants, to ensure the duty holder and all others with responsibilities are competent to carry out their regular duties efficiently and effectively….
Water – the Legal bit….What Is Required
Employers, landlords and managing agents, along with all whom control or manage property, must ensure the risks from legionella in water systems is appropriately managed. For all property, the duty holder or responsible person must ensure all compliance obligations are being met.
The Health and Safety at Work etc Act 1974 (HSWA) imposes a duty to control the risk from legionella bacteria that may arise from work activities. The Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations (MHSWR) provides a broad framework on managing health and safety at work, stating provision for adequate Written Arrangements, Risk Assessment, and Competent Persons. Specifically, the Control of Substances Hazardous to Health Regulations 2002 (COSHH) provide a framework of actions designed to assess, prevent, or control the risk from bacteria like Legionella and take suitable precautions.
As the responsible person you must:
- identify and assess sources of risk – Legionella Risk Assessment.
- manage any risks – Written Scheme.
- prevent or control any risks – Hygiene Measures, Sampling & Testing.
- keep and maintain the correct records – Waterlog Book
- carry out any other duties detailed in the Written Scheme.
A Legionella Risk Assessment (LRA) is an essential compliance service to support Legionella (water) Management.
The LRA’s are conducted in accordance with:
- Approved Code of Practice (ACOP) L8 – Legionnaires’ disease
The Control of Legionella Bacteria in Water Systems’
BS 8580 ‘Water quality. Risk assessments for Legionella Control. Code of practice.’
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