Management Plan For Legionella
Jaytech, Inc. is committed to helping customers create healthy
indoor environments. Our water treatment programs are designed
for this purpose. For the control of Legionella, we offer individualized
risk assessments and management planning.
As a bacteria found in warm water environments, Legionella is
virtually impossible to completely eradicate from hot water tanks
and cooling towers. The goal, instead, is to contain it. Thus,
facility and maintenance managers need to be diligent in their
planning, implementation and documentation of procedures to keep
Legionella under control. Jaytech can help you devise and implement
such a program using the following steps.
Risk Assessment
Jaytech’s Legionella Management Plans all begin with risk
assessment. In this phase, we help you assess the potential human
and monetary costs of an outbreak of Legionnaires’ disease,
as well as the costs of putting a control plan in place. We also
help you assess equipment risks, noting areas most susceptible
to Legionella proliferation. (eg: pipe valves and joints, bottoms
of holding tanks, faucet aerators)
Containment
Following risk assessment, Jaytech will make recommendations for
preventing Legionella growth. Looking at the design, operation
and maintenance of water heating and cooling equipment, we can
help you identify trouble areas and ways to control risks associated
with them.
One often cited goal is to avoid water temperatures within the
ideal Legionella growth range. Thus, pipes as well as holding
tank water should be outside of the range of 20º - 50º
C (68º - 122º F). But this alone is not enough for an
effective Legionellae Management Plan. Legionella can be both
cultivated and protected in water environments with scale, corrosion
and algae. Thus, Jaytech can recommend water treatments to prevent
these commonly occurring problems.
