Gary Milner, site manager at Notre Dame Sixth Form, has been working closely with H2O, continuously looking at improving things on site in a bid to reduce the risk of legionella. Since H2O have been involved at the site, an original Risk Assessment has been updated to incorporate an extension to the main building. Although constrained by budgets, H2O have worked with Notre Dame to identify priority rated risks within the water systems. Many of the high priority risks have been rectified or plans have been put in place to act upon these issues. So far this year two of the cold water storage tanks have been FPA lined to prevent corrosion which is a preferred nutrient source for legionella growth. Plans are in place to add vents, rodent screens, plastic tank lids and insulation that will bring other cold water storage tanks on site up to Acop-L8 standards. Notre Dame have just had the site risk assessment audited to update recent changes and to comply with ACoP L8 guidelines that state Risk Assessment requires auditing every two years.
H2O continue to provide Notre Dame sixth form college with a comprehensive monitoring program, monitoring temperatures, cleaning showers, inspecting cold water storage tanks and providing cleaning services.
Notre Dame are persistent in their to bid to keep up-to date with Acop-L8 requirements and are a shining example of a college protecting their students and staffs from legionella.
