As one of the Official Sponsors of Hope Pastures we were delighted to attend the Spring Fayre on Sunday 7th May.

The event was very busy with some fantastic stalls selling lots of great things including bric-a-brac, children’s toys and pet supplies. There was a beautiful shop with this seasons must have flowers including some beautiful sunflowers. There was a lovely opportunity for children (and adults) to partake in a lucky dip, an ice cream van, some delicious cakes, tea, coffee and hot food as well as lots of horses

The Water Hygiene Services team were happy to wish Account Manager Fiona Baldwin farewell as she puts her out of office on to begin maternity leave.
Fiona Baldwin has been with the company for eight years and was one of the very first original full-time staff members. Fiona has worked with a range of fantastic clients over the years and has built some great working relationships.

Fiona said “I am so excited to start maternity leave and meet my baby, but I am sad to say goodbye to the incredible,

Every commercial and industrial business has to invest in resources to cover environmental, health and safety management. This might seem to some people like we are stating the obvious, but there are still plenty of examples out there of organisations taking shortcuts, gambling on a lack of full compliance or plainly and simply being ignorant of their responsibilities and legionella manament is one of those responsibilities.

Internal Systems

At Water Hygiene Services we have always enforced the need to have robust systems in place, we offer a range of training services which

Legionella control and prevention is at the forefront of our services, so naturally we have a lot of knowledge we can pass on. A natural extension to what we offer is some structured advice and information through our Legionella Awareness and Control training programme.

This scheme is based around ACOP L8 compliance and has five main elements, and here we give you a brief overview of each section as a basic introduction to what the training involves:

1. Understanding what Legionella is

Legionnaires’ disease is caused by the legionella bacteria, and is effectively

Clean water is essential for healthy living, whether that is for drinking, cooking or keeping clean. This is an accepted formality in most parts of the world, but tragically not all. Water will never be 100% pure, regardless of what you are using it for and how isolated it is from sources of contamination. The characteristics and composition of water can be altered by naturally occurring minerals and gases, before we even start on the many ways that human intervention can pollute or introduce impurities into water systems.

Impurities In Natural

Legionella is a common and potentially deadly bacteria found in many industrial water systems, such as evaporative cooling systems and hot and cold water systems. Nominated people and facilities managers have a duty to manage their water systems and their associated risks, with a view to monitoring and preventing the build-up of legionella bacteria.

There are essentially three parts to the legionella testing that an organisation has to carry out, and the first part of this, a legionella risk assessment, essentially dictates the frequency of the remaining two stages. Spring 2014

Chlorine has been used as a disinfectant for over 100 years. It is an established, robust and reliable solution to preventing the spread of disease in public water. Today, chlorine is still a widely-used disinfectant used by the water industry to maintain water hygiene conditions in public supplies.

In short, it is perfectly safe to use chlorine in drinking water because it is only metered at very low levels, while much higher levels are used in the leisure and healthcare industries. Compared to other countries, chlorine levels in England and Wales

The pre-commission cleaning of hot water heating and chilled systems has become more important over recent years, due to the equipment used being more susceptible to blockages at strainers, control valves and small bore heat exchangers. System contaminants such as millscale, jointing compounds and fabricating debris need to be removed by chemical cleaning and high velocity flushing, which will then allow the on-going water treatment regime to work effectively in preventing corrosion and microbiological fouling. Older systems that have accumulated deposits due to lack of the correct water treatment can

Legionella is a potentially fatal bacteria if inhaled via airborne water droplets. This affects people in the form of Legionnaire’s Disease, which has symptoms similar to pneumonia, but is preventable if a series of control measures are put in place.

The Legionella bacteria is naturally occurring, and while it can be found in domestic water systems, it most commonly colonises in man-made water systems where the temperature range provides ideal conditions. These are generally temperatures between 20 to 45 degrees Celsius and where the water has a pH value between 5.0 and

Chlorination is the process of disinfecting water to prevent the spread of waterborne diseases, while maintaining the water as fit to use for its primary purpose. Waterborne diseases could include cholera, dysentery or typhoid, but chlorine is widely used for the deactivation of most microorganisms. It is one of the most common disinfectants for water, not only because it is cheap, but also because it is very effective.

The process of chlorination can be hazardous, however, and you will need to ensure the safety of both yourself and others on site.