Legionella only needs one.
Tap any one of them
What the test does
Every water point in a building is either accounted for or it isn’t. The test lets you open a few of them and see which of the two you are looking at — using your answers, not ours.
There are only four states
Every water point you have is in one of these four right now. The only question is whether anyone can see which.
Grey is the absence of a record. It is not a judgement about your building, and it is not something we can tell you — it is what is left once you have said which points you can account for.
Good. Most people do, and it is worth doing. Here is what it reaches.
Flushing reaches the taps you flush.
It only takes the one it doesn’t reach.
The machine that broke in March and stayed plumbed in. The outside tap. The room nobody books. The tank in the roof that nobody has opened since the building changed hands.
Not a policy. Not a folder. Not a visit two years ago.
Who this is for
The person responsible for water safety usually has three other jobs and took this one on last month. That is who this is built for — not a consultant, and not an enterprise compliance department.
What you actually do
Eight weeks in. Green is checked and in date. Amber is due. Red needs someone today. Grey is what you still can’t speak for.
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