An effective approach to controlling Legionella

The debate about the most effective way for health estates and care homes to combat the threat of Legionella in water systems has raged on for years. It currently shows no sign of abating, with the industry engaged in a seemingly unending wrestle with increasing regulation and legislation, the challenges of risk management, analysis of the efficacy of different technologies for comabting the bacterium, and securing a balance between an acceptable return on investment and the practicality of the available solutions.

Such is the ferocity of the debate, with adherents to each of the recognised processes extolling their virtues while highlighting the pitfalls of the others, that we rarely hear from those at the sharp end – the end-users – with true-to-life accounts of their experience, and what effect the processes have had on the buildings they construct and maintain. It is therefore refreshing to hear from Chris Moore, a senior public health engineer who specialises in plumbing and fire suppression for one of the world’s longest established and most respected engineering companies, WSP.

An honest insight