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WHAT IS LURKING IN YOUR WATER SYSTEM ?
Do you know whether the water in use in your water system at your business premises is : – Bacteria free ? – Complies with temperature standards ? – Yes or no ! How do you know ? – Is anybody checking the water storage tanks for cleanliness ? – Is anybody worried about Legionnaire’s Disease ? – Do you have a Legionella Risk Assessment ? If the answer to any of the above questions is “NO” – …
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WATER CHLORINATION : PLUMBERS
Water chlorination : FAO Plumbing and Heating Engineers etc If you have a job that needs a water chlorination, who do you use? Someone who has done a half-day course on water chlorination? Or a qualified Company who has been in the business for many years? The answer is obvious – and confirmed by an incident in which we were involved recently. We were asked to do a water chlorination which had already been ‘chlorinated’ by another company but the results had failed. We …
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LEGIONELLA RISK ASSESSMENT : A LEGAL REQUIREMENT
LEGIONELLA RISK ASSESSMENT : This is a legal requirement It is a legal requirement for buildings with water services to have a Legionella Risk Assessment. If you are already an existing customer of ours, please remember that we do Legionella Risk Assessments as well as our existing water testing services of legionella testing ( Legionnaires Disease ) and water testing for harmful bacteria, water chlorination, water tank cleaning, water analysis and more… I know that some of you did not realise that …
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Water Bacteria Christmas Party:You are invited !
Water Bacteria Christmas Party : You are all invited ! This may sound like a facetious comment on this Christmas blog. It may be, but there is a serious reason for making this comment! Whilst you are all away enjoying yourselves over the Christmas break, your offices, premises, factory units etc are probably standing empty. The wise ones will have left the heating on, slightly, to avoid freeze ups and the consequent disruption. Whilst the buildings are warm, the water in …
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MAJOR OUTBREAK OF LEGIONNAIRES DISEASE IN PORTUGAL
Bad news: This is to let you know that there is a serious outbreak of Legionnaires Disease in Portugal. We often have localised outbreaks in the UK but this is a major outbreak happening NOW where the World Health Organisation (WHO) spokesman has said that this outbreak constitutes “a major public health emergency”. Currently there are 7 dead and approximately 300 infected, many seriously. Please ensure that if you have premises where others use your water system that you are following the …
