From whirlpool spas to air conditioning cooling towers, public fountains and hot water tanks, Legionella can be found in a wide range of water systems. It’s also a very dangerous bacteria that can cause serious, life-threatening illnesses, such as Legionnaires’ disease. As a landlord, you have a legal responsibility to ensure your property’s water systems are safe for people using them, which includes carrying out a legionella risk assessment.

The risk assessment should be reviewed periodically to make sure that steps to control the risks are working. This will typically be when new tenancies start, or following significant changes to the water system. It may be possible to meet this legal requirement by conducting a simple risk assessment in a single residential property, but it’s often safer and more effective to hire a professional to conduct an extensive legionella inspection.

The Importance of Legionella Inspection: Keeping Water Systems Safe

In addition to carrying out a comprehensive legionella risk assessment, the expert will visually inspect every tap and showerhead at the property, as well as reporting on any redundant pipework, check outdoor hoses and access water tanks in the loft. They will then take up to 1L of water samples in sterile containers and add sodium thiosulfate to neutralize biocide residue before sending them away for testing at an approved laboratory.

MSE Environmental is a team of experts who care about your safety as much as you do, which is why they work with modern methods and government standards that are constantly evolving to meet the needs of people around the world. They also tell you how to prevent Legionella from spreading once it’s been tested, so that you can keep people safe and healthy, one water system at a time.…