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I am trained in Legionella Risk assessment and have carried out some Comprehensive Risk assessments previously but never one involving feed from a water well. I have looked through L8 and HSG274 and can’t seem to find much detail on Private Water supplies such as Wells. Is there a document for this or anywhere where there is extra guidance on this. In particular I wish to know if the local Water authority have any specific duties.
The area is close to a canal.
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I'm not a legionella expert, but I seriously doubt there would be any real risk of contamination from a water well. For starters, bacteria to grow the water needs to be 20-50c and I doubt any well or underground pipe will reach that temperature.
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lisar on 28/08/2019(UTC), lisar on 28/08/2019(UTC)
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lisar on 28/08/2019(UTC), lisar on 28/08/2019(UTC)
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BS8580 makes the explicit point that risks are higher of contamination for water entering a system from a natural source, such as a river, lake or spring, or private water supply, rather than a treated and disinfected mains water supply.
The temperature of the water at point of entry to system (unless over 60 degrees) is irrelevant. Under 20 legionella doesn't perish, it simply doesn't grow. Unless you know the water course etc. in detail then assumptions can't be made.
I have always treated private water supplies as higher risk. As above, there are separate requirements around water quality and part of the risk assessment process should be an examination of the source water quality - including typical microbial content and growth risk factors such as nutrient content etc. The duties to check this sit with the owner of the supply but the owner of the water system needs to include additional control measures as necessary to check incoming water quality within their written scheme.
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