Articles on Legionella and Water Management Plans
New Water Management Program Standards: Key Updates & Compliance Strategies
Facilities managers, infection prevention specialists, and water management service providers face significant challenges due to new standards. These changes require broader program scopes, professional certification, increased water testing, detailed documentation,...
New Jersey Legionella Regulations: Summary, Significance, and Keys to Success
To date no other US state has passed Legionella prevention legislation as potentially powerful as New Jersey Senate Bill 2188. The New Jersey Legionella bill was passed by both the Assembly and Senate on June 28, 2024 and was signed by the governor on September 12,...
AAMI Standard ST108 Q&A: Water Quality Compliance in Healthcare Facilities
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rz2weHNUcCI In this video, David Swiderski summarizes AAMI ST108 and explains what is needed to comply with it. Excerpted and adapted with permission from a training webinar presented to LAMPS water management plan users. Updated...
ASHRAE 514 Water Management Plans: Keys to Smart Compliance
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yhEatCXUtk8 Updated November 6, 2024 Building owners and operators are facing an important decision about managing the water systems in their facilities: Should they adopt ASHRAE 514? ASHRAE 514 became an ANSI standard on July 25....
Water Quality Benchmarking in Buildings: Importance and Benefits
Updated November 6, 2024 A building cannot be truly healthy or smart unless its water systems are managed well. Water quality benchmarking provides automation and data that facilities management personnel can use to manage water systems better and more easily. Proper...
Will Your Liability Insurance Cover Legionella Claims?
Facility operators that assume their insurance policy will cover costs associated with lawsuits related to Legionnaires’ disease may be in for a big surprise. The insurance company may refuse to pay for the legal defense, the verdict or settlement amount, and the...
A Water Management Program is Not a Template, Policy, Document, or Binder
Updated January 27, 2025 Healthy building initiatives often address safety issues such as carbon dioxide, carbon monoxide, and fire protection – as they should – but neglect Legionella and other waterborne pathogens that are responsible for a significantly higher...
Monitoring Building Water Quality to Reduce Risk and Stay in Legionella Compliance
Matt Freije presents “Smart Monitoring of Premise Plumbing for Legionella Growth Conditions” at the 2022 Emerging Water Technologies Symposium. Updated November 6, 2024 Monitoring domestic (potable) water for conditions conducive to Legionella growth has been...
Study Reveals the Successes and Failures of ASHRAE 188 Water Management Plans
Matt Freije discusses a water management plan performance study at the 2022 Emerging Water Technologies Symposium. Data from a 2021 study showed that ASHRAE Standard 188 water management programs (WMPs) can effectively reduce Legionella in domestic (potable) plumbing...
Do You Work or Live in a Truly Healthy Building?
Updated January 28, 2025 Healthy building initiatives that have in recent years been emphasized in the United States and Europe are important since so many people spend a large part of their lives indoors. What seems out of sync with health data, though, is that the...
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