Legionella Management

Legionella Treatment and Water Management Plan

A water management plan is a customized plan engineered by water treatment professionals to ensure that water consistently meets certain standards and stays up to date with changing regulations. Not all facilities are strictly regulated, but a water management plan is still recommended to reduce liability. In accordance with the new ASHRAE Standard 188, and with more and more local and national requirements, many facilities are requiring water treatment plans that protect against Legionella. FCT Water offers water management plans to reduce the risk of Legionella and Legionnaires Disease from water so that facilities remain compliant with new regulations. Our experts can formulate a plan for your specific facility and work with you to make sure it fits into your operations.

Water Management Plan

Coming up with a water management plan that meets ever-changing standards and industry best-practices while still being cost-effective can be a real challenge, but it doesn’t have to be. FCT Water is dedicated to our customers and wants water treatment to be painless. Our experts know water and can work with you to quickly make a plan that fits into your facility. Our water management plans can be tailored to your specifications and can target specifics like Legionella.

Cleaner, Better Water

Water can be a breeding ground for problems – scale, corrosion, and even biological growth, just to name a few – but a water management plan can help reduce risks associated with untreated or un-managed water.

Manage Liability

Leaving water untreated or improperly treated can be a huge risk to any business. Water can be a breeding ground for a multitude of problems, including the spread of diseases. By creating a management program you take back control and reduce unnecessary liability risks that could cost you in the long run.

Keep up With the Standards

The guidelines and standards surrounding water management are constantly changing and often require new or different methods of treatment. A management plan from FCT Water is tailored to suit your needs and is kept current with evolving standards and requirements.

New Water Treatment Standards

The Centers of Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) have recently released one of their Vital Signs Reports, focusing this time on Legionella bacterium and its effects on facilities with complex water systems along with Legionella treatment options. Legionella is an organism commonly found in nature, which can occasionally form and spread in water systems. In their report, the CDC focus on the dangers of the Legionella infection, Legionnaires Disease (LD), and how new industry standards set up by the American Society of Heating, Refrigeration, and Air Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE) are affecting healthcare facilities and other buildings with complex water systems wherein Legionella could potentially grow and spread cases of LD.

The main takeaway of the report is that an effective water Legionella treatment program is the best way to eliminate and prevent Legionella from developing in a water system. Contact us to learn more about Legionella prevention and how we can help keep your facility and water systems protected.

Who’s at Risk?

Legionella can develop in most water systems, but some are more susceptible to spreading it than others. Certain applications that aerosolize water greatly increase the chances of causing Legionnaires Disease. Here’s a list of buildings that may have an increased chance of developing Legionella, according to the CDC:

Healthcare facilities that house patients overnight, or treat patients that have chronic illnesses and lowered immune systems.
Healthcare facilities that primarily house patients older than 65.
Buildings with multiple housing units and a centralized hot water system (like a hotel or apartment complex).
Buildings with a cooling tower.
Any building with a device or appliance that can aerosolize water such as a hot tub/spa, a decorative fountain, or any kind of mister, humidifier, air washer or air-atomizer.

And even if none of the above risk-factors apply to your building, it is still suggested that you maintain proper water-management procedures and maintenance.

FCT Water Services

FCT Water is dedicated to ensuring the best water management services to all of our clients. If you have any questions about water management plans, or want to know what other services and products we offer, feel free to reach out to us using any of the “Contact Us” buttons on this page, or the links in the menu bar. On top of water management planning, FCT Water also has a DI bottle service and many water treatment products like purified tannins and filming amines.

TESTING

FCT Water Specialists can perform on-site testing across a facility to determine the exact risks and needs of water in different areas of the system. This comprehensive report can be useful in determining what actions may need to be taken in order to prevent or remediate certain issues within the water.

PREVENTION

Prevention is the proactive approach to water treatment. Water experts implement techniques or treatments that actively target issues that your water may be susceptible to, and help prevent them from occurring.

REMEDIATION

Found something in your water that shouldn’t be there? Remediation is any service that corrects issues found in the water.

The Bottom Line

The CDC Vital Signs Report and ASHRAE Standard 188 offer new standards regarding water system maintenance and the dangers of Legionella in complex water systems. As these new standards become more widely accepted and even required by many facilities across the United States, it is in the best interest of facilities with such systems to develop water management plans and procedures if they haven’t done so already. The only real way to prevent Legionella and other major issues associated with un-managed water is with effective water treatment. If you believe that your facility might be at risk, please feel free to contact FCT Water to discuss what steps you may need to take to apply an effective water management plan.