Contract for the Control of Legionella Bacteria in Water Systems Reference number.

Descriptions

This contract is for Control of Legionella Bacteria in Water Services for Durham County Council (‘DCC’). Direct Services (Regeneration and Local Services) approach to the control of Legionella bacteria adopts fully the procedures laid down in The Approved Code of Practice ‘L8’. A Risk Assessment of all DCC and non DCC establishments, to which the duty extends, is undertaken by a ‘Legionella Control Association’ (LCA) approved contractor, once in every 2 year period, with all information disseminated onto a central data base system, held for a minimum period of 2 years. On submission of the assessment and once the risk has been identified and assessed a written scheme is prepared for preventing or controlling it. The risk from exposure is controlled by measures which do not allow the proliferation of legionella bacteria in the system and reduces exposure to water droplets and aerosol.