SYSTEMS MANAGEMENT (L8)

Legionella Risk Management - Watermation Ltd's professional Legionella risk management programs take a truly holistic approach to the control and management of Legionella and other waterborne pathogens that may exist in water systems. Each comprehensive program is developed as a working tool on a site-specific basis to help evaluate and reduce those health related risks arising from water systems, and to ensure regulatory compliance.

Pathogenic Microorganisms

Although it is impossible to guarantee that pathogenic microorganisms such as Legionella will not exist in a water system, through proactive management and effective control programs it is possible to dramatically reduce the factors that allow those responsible bacteria to proliferate and spread.

Recommended Practice

Watermation's risk management programs have been developed in accordance with current recommended practices and guidelines on Legionella control from the UK’s Health and Safety Commission (HSC), the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) L8, the US Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OHSA); Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the American Society of Heating, Refrigeration, and Air Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE).

Legionnaire's disease was first described in 1976 after an outbreak of fatal pneumonia at a Legionnaires convention in USA. The newly described organism which caused the disease was named Legionella pneumophila, shown in this picture. (Image courtesy of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.)

A copy of the L8 (.pdf) can be downloaded here;

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Our experience over the years has led us to select components that are well made and will give years of trouble-free reliability.

All our fabrications and ancillary working parts are made from either stainless steel or mild steel, whilst pipework, valves and flanges are often from durable plastic materials.