Articles on Legionella and Water Management Plans
Water Quality Benchmarking in Buildings: Importance and Benefits
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 water quality...
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 Document, Policy, or Binder
CDC data on Legionnaires’ disease outbreaks from 2015-2019 highlights the crucial differences between a document and an implemented process for ASHRAE 188 water management programs (WMPs). Finding 82% of environmental deficiencies were due to missing or inadequate...
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. Monitoring domestic (potable) water for conditions conducive to Legionella growth has been recommended by the Centers for...
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...
What is a Truly Healthy Building?
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 term “healthy building”...
State (US) Regulations for Reducing Legionella Risk
New and proposed Legionella regulations indicate that state and local officials in the US are heeding advice from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to "consider changing building and public health codes to include Legionella water management...
Joint Commission EC.02.05.02: Water Management Programs
Since 2001, the Joint Commission (TJC) has required that accredited hospitals minimize "pathogenic biological agents in cooling towers, domestic hot-and cold-water systems, and other aerosolizing water systems" per Standard EC.02.05.01. Standard EC.02.05.01...
ASSE/IAPMO/ANSI Standard 12080: Professional Qualifications Standard for Legionella Water Safety and Management Personnel
ASSE International should be commended for its leadership in establishing the first-ever certification program in the United States for people involved in managing the risk of Legionella associated with building water systems. I had the pleasure of talking online...
Flushing a COVID-Closed Building Will Not Solve Its Legionella Problem
Is your inbox packed with warnings about flushing COVID-closed buildings before reopening? The warnings have been issued because buildings shut down or occupied less than normal become more prone to Legionella and other pathogens due to stagnation. But the warnings...
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