Water Hygiene
Bespoke Monitoring
Our customised Monitoring Packages to meet specific customer requirements. These packages ensure customers are always legionella compliant and protected from risks.
Monitoring and inspection programmes start in the office, reviewing your current Legionella risk assessment and any other historic records relating to your water system.
A control regime is designed in full consultation with you, understanding the risks and the most optimum methods for managing these. Consideration is given to the available resources you may have in-house and responsibilities are assigned accordingly.
Record Keeping
Perhaps the single most important aspect of any Legionella management programme is keeping a record of monitoring results and findings.
Each site is issued with a hard copy or electronic log book depending on your requirements. These log books contain standard documentation and site specific information which fully complies with the requirements of ACoP L8.
The key sections of this user-friendly operating and record keeping manual are:
- Lines of communication and appointed personnel.
- Significant findings from the Legionella risk assessment.
- Written control scheme.
- Monitoring and inspection results.
- Monitoring and inspection templates (when site is undertaking actions).
- Remedial and attendance logs.
What’s included in Water Hygiene Monitoring
- Weekly flushing of little used outlets
- Monthly temperatures from sentinel & random outlets inc any hot water cylinders
- 3 monthly Shower head clean & descales
- 6 monthly Water sampling and analysis. Hot water cylinder blow down/inspection. Cold water storage tank inspection
- Annually sampling and water analysis, Cold water storage tank clean and disinfections inc down services.
Remedial Actions (see L8 Remedial works page for more details)
- Clean & disinfection of domestic hot & cold water systems, CWSTs (old or new)
- Clean & disinfection of new mains pipework and reservoirs
- Tank replacement programmes
- Tank refurbishment and relining programmes
By appointing SPES on a contracted basis, facility managers are relieved from the operational management of Legionella control and are offered peace of mind that they are meeting the latest required guidelines of maintaining safe water.
Equally, SPES have 20 years experience working alongside facility managers and their teams to reduce costs by supporting and providing training to complete many tasks in-house.
- Strictly compliant: Our monitoring and inspection programmes are designed in strict accordance with ACoP L8 to keep you compliant.
- Dedicated account management team: Each monitoring contract is assigned an account manager who is responsible for planning all works and liaising with you at all times, providing you a single point of contact.
- Regular reviews: In addition to the account manager, you can rely upon an operational management team qualified in Microbiology, who undertake regular reviews and audits of your service contract.
- Best of both - planned and reactive services: In addition to planned maintenance, our experience as a tank manufacturer and trained plumbers enable us to identify and provide reactive works (see tank refurbishment and remedial works) efficiently and cost effectively to an extremely high service standard.
- Calibrated test equipment: All testing is undertaken using equipment which has been pre-calibrated, in accordance with UKAS accredited test methods and managed under our quality standard ISO 9001:2015 to ensure your results are recorded accurately, every time.
- Accredited by the Legionella Control Association: Services are carried out under internal procedures which have been accredited by the Legionella Control Association to ensure year round compliance and quality of service to our clients.
- National Water Hygiene Card Holder: All SPES engineers are National Water Hygiene Card holders, which is recognised by all UK water companies and is a pre-requisite for any work on the water distribution network.
Remain compliant and protect against Legionnaires' disease
Obtain your chlorination certificate for a new development handover
Keep you water systems free from water borne pathogens and sediment
Complete turn key solutions to keep you water systems compliant
Closed system flushing, chemical dosing and testing to optimise system efficiency
In house legionella awareness, engineer practical and water testing training services with certification
Chlorinating Mains Water
SPES can carry out Chlorination work to the highest standards within the industry and issue you with the necessary disinfection certifcate. the certificate will give the following Chlorination information.
Chlorinating Down Services
SPES have expertise to carry out disinfections, risk assessments and also advise on best operating practice to clients in order to enable them to maintain high standards of water quality and hygiene.
Water Tank Chlorination
SPES are professionals at water tank chlorination and water tank cleaning, thus leaving you with a clean bacteria free system.