Enviro Team Services

Many people are completely unaware of the need for a Legionella Risk Assessment, but it could just save your company's reputation and help you to avoid prosecution, should the bacteria begin to develop in your water system. Are you an employer (even of self-employed people) or a person/company in charge of premises of any size (landlord or facilities management company)?.

Legionella pneumophila, the bacteria that causes Legionnaires' disease, occurs naturally within water and therefore all buildings with a water supply can present a risk to the occupants.

The HSE Approved Code of Practice L8 'the control of Legionella bacteria in water systems' and BS 8580:2010 'Water quality - Risk assessments for Legionella control - Code of practice' provide specific guidance on the best ways to reduce the risk to the building occupants - a message that is reinforced in the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974.

Cleanliness, water quality and microbiological control are essential factors in the safe operation of engineered water systems. As specialists in the field of water hygiene, Enviroteam Services Ltd provides traditional methods of monitoring, cleaning, disinfection of domestic and process water systems.

Water storage tanks must be kept clean to prevent sludging, sediment and scale all of which provide favourable conditions in which Legionella bacteria can grow. Cold storage water tank cleaning and disinfection services are a core business for Enviroteam Services Ltd. We have amassed a wealth of experience on which we are able to draw when tackling a wide variety of challenging jobs for our many clients in the United Kingdom.

Enviroteam Services Ltd are registered with the Legionella Control Association to supply training. Our legionella awareness training course has been developed as an introduction to the issues that surround legionella and legionnaires' disease, the history of the organism, current UK legislation (L8 ACoP), good practice procedures and a review of recent outbreaks.