Disinfection of Water Supply Systems in Buildings

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Course Overview

The following are the programme objectives:

• Describe legislation and technical guidance relevant to disinfection of water systems and assets.


• Describe methods of water system disinfection.


• Describe water system disinfection regimes including monitoring, testing and maintenance.


• Describe health and safety risks when using chemicals for disinfection.


• Describe and comply with discharge permits.


• Describe associated documentation including records of monitoring, testing and maintenance.

The course is City & Guilds Assured and comes with certification, for those successful in assessment.

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Course Content

• Introduction to Cleaning & Disinfection
  
  
  
  • What is cleaning and disinfection?
  
  
  • Relevant legislation
  
  
  • Reasons to clean and disinfect
  
  
  
  


• Health and safety
  
  
  
  • COSHH risk assessments relevant to cleaning and disinfection
  
  
  • Safety Data Sheets and hazard labels relevant to cleaning and disinfection
  
  
  • Relevant reporting to water authorities when discharging into sewer drains
  
  
  
  


• The cleaning and disinfection process
  
  
  
  • Operational Plan
  
  
  • Equipment
  
  
  • Chemical / Thermal Based Disinfection
  
  
  • Chlorine – The Facts
  
  
  • System Volume
  
  
  • Chlorine Contact Times
  
  
  • Sodium Hypochlorite Calculation
  
  
  • Chlorine Based Disinfection (Tanks and Down Services)
  
  
  • Mains Injection
  
  
  • Maintenance & Alteration
  
  
  • Neutralising Chlorine
  
  
  • Test Equipment
  
  
  • Silver Peroxide Disinfection
  
  
  • Silver Peroxide Calculation
  
  
  
  


• The content covers chlorine and silver peroxide disinfection to the latest industry standards (BS8558 / PD855468)

A single open book assessment - a multiple-choice question paper.

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Who Should Attend?

Personnel carrying out (or managing) cleaning and disinfection of hot and cold water systems. The course is targeted at maintenance staff, plumbers, water hygiene technicians, commissioning engineers and managers.

Pre-requisites: There are no prerequisites for this course.