Your Legal Responsibilities for Legionella Compliance

If you are a dutyholder responsible for a water system, your legal responsibilities for legionella compliance include having a legionella control, monitoring and inspection programme in place.

These legal obligations apply to employers, those in control of premises and those with health and safety responsibilities for others, to help them comply with their legal duties in relation to legionella.

Are you compliant?

If you had laboratory samples taken from your water system today what would the results be?

The key legislation that dutyholders need to comply with includes:

A key component of ACoP L8 – The Control of Legionella Bacteria in Water Systems, is that after a Legionella Risk Assessment is completed a water safety action plan to control the identified risks of Legionella is prepared.

A water safety action plan will identify the chosen control measure and how this will be actioned and implemented. It will also evaluate how often the system should be managed and monitored. A detailed record of all precautions and recommendations should be contained in a dedicated site logbook.

ACoP L8 states that following a Legionella Risk Assessment you are required to prepare a water safety action plan to control the identified risks of Legionella.

Legionella Management Solutions will develop and deploy a scheme of control which will include a logbook which is used to store the records of legionella control and monitoring tasks carried out. This includes:

Weekly flushing of little-used outlets
Monthly temperature test results of representative outlets
Quarterly descaling of shower heads and spray taps
Annual inspection of calorifiers
Annual water storage tank inspection
24 monthly legionella risk assessment review
A Water Hygiene Engineer will visit the site at regular intervals to ensure that risks are kept in check whilst carrying out the above
Temperatures and conditions will be compared with parameters detailed in ACoP L8.

Contact LMS to find out how we can help you fulfil all your legal responsibilities for legionella compliance.

Some Of The Services That We Offer

Legionella Risk Assessment

Legionella Risk Assessment is the starting place for all water hygiene maintenance work on hot and cold-water systems. The law requires that a water risk assessment is carried out with a site specific schematic of the water system. LMS can facilitate this service by deploying a fully qualified Water Risk Assessor who will look at all aspects of your hot and cold-water systems to identify any risks. They will also look at your internal control measures whether you have contracted this out or carry it out internally.

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TMV (Thermostatic Mixing Valve) Servicing

TMV or Thermostatic Mixer Valve is a device that is designed to control mixed water temperature for showers, baths and other outlets. These devices require servicing on a regular basis in order for them to function correctly and ensure that they do not increase the risk of a legionella outbreak. LMS can undertake this service as a standalone or as part of a wider PPM contract.

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Tank Cleaning and Disinfection

To maintain water quality, the Health & Safety Executive (HSE) recommends regular inspection of water storage tanks, calorifiers and cooling systems and to clean and disinfect them if necessary. LMS can undertake this service as a standalone or as part of a wider PPM contract.

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UKAS Compliant Water Sampling & Testing

LMS provides a full end to end water sampling and testing service using UKAS-accredited laboratories to comply with HSE Approved Code of Practice (ACoP) L8 & HSG274.

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Planned Preventative Maintenance

LMS delivers a bespoke package of ongoing PPM to ensure that you derive maximum availability and value from your assets and comply with all relevant legislation where testing, cleaning or disinfection is required.

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RPZ Valve Testing and Servicing

LMS's WIAPS accredited engineers are qualified to carry out the mandatory annual inspections of Reduced Pressure Zone (RPZ) Valves required to comply with the Water Industry Act 1991.

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Remedial Plumbing Works

LMS can carry out any remedial plumbing works identified in a Legionella Risk Assessment or Water Action Plan to reduce the risk further. This can include removal of deadlegs, tank redesigns, replumbing of hot water vents, installation of backflow prevention devices, water regulations compliance work, converting sites to mains and general plumbing installations.

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Tank Maintenance

LMS can undertake tank maintenance on an annual basis to ensure that the lid is well fitting, no contaminant such as birds or other animals have got into it and that the water inside has no sediment or pin mould. Additionally, the tank itself is checked to see that it hasn’t deteriorated and that the ball valve is in good working order, that the inlet and outlet are functioning correctly and that the water is turning over sufficiently to remain fresh.

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Managing Legionella Positives

Following a positive legionella test, LMS can provide a Legionella Qualified Person as defined by HSE guidance and Approved Code of Practice (ACoP) L8 & manage the process of decontamination, disinfection and flushing.

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Temperature Monitoring (monthly)

The temperature of water in a water system plays the most important part in the proliferation of legionella. LMS can help you comply with HSE Approved Code of Practice (ACoP) L8 by monitoring and recording system temperatures in the Site Logbook on a monthly basis and reporting any non-conformities.

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Remote Monitoring

LMS can deploy permanent, on-site monitoring and data-acquisition sensors supported by offsite data analysis and alarm functionality to remotely monitor system temperatures as part of an integrated legionella prevention strategy.

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Shower Head Cleaning and Disinfection

LMS can help you comply with your legal requirement for showerheads to be dismantled, cleaned and disinfected every 12 weeks to remove limescale and disinfect all parts against potential contamination with Legionellosis.

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Why Choose LMS For Your Legionella Compliance and Water Management Services?

Every member of the LMS team is trained to the highest industry standards to ensure that the service that we deliver is fully compliant with all current legislation and guidance including the Health & Safety at work Act (1974) and HSE Approved Code of Practice (ACOP) L8 & HSG274. Accredited training is provided by the Water Management Society (WMSoc) for legionella risk assessors and the Water Industry Approved Plumber Scheme (WIAPS) for Reduced Pressure Zone (RPZ) valve testing and City and Guilds for plumbing. LMS’s own training modules include Health & Safety, COSHH, correct use of RAMS and environmental training.

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Your legionella responsibilities under the Health & Safety at Work Act 1974

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Some Of The Services That We Offer

Legionella Risk Assessment

TMV (Thermostatic Mixing Valve) Servicing

Tank Cleaning and Disinfection

UKAS Compliant Water Sampling & Testing

Planned Preventative Maintenance

RPZ Valve Testing and Servicing

Remedial Plumbing Works

Tank Maintenance

Managing Legionella Positives

Temperature Monitoring (monthly)

Remote Monitoring

Shower Head Cleaning and Disinfection

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Why Choose LMS For Your Legionella Compliance and Water Management Services?

EXPERTS DELIVERING BEST IN CLASS SERVICE

TAILOR-MADE SERVICE PACKAGE

LOCAL SERVICE WITH NATIONWIDE REACH

WE'RE HERE FOR YOU 7 DAYS/WEEK

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What Our Customers Say

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