"Businesses have been told to flush out the water supply in their buildings before they reopen, in order to prevent spreading the potential deadly Legionella bacteria."
Public Health England, Sky News
Mitie has already enabled a number of strategic customers start to prepare for the reopening of the UK economy by assessing requirements and enabling office locations, retail outlets and multi occupancy buildings to be ready for reoccupation.
Building Re-Occupancy & Considerations
Given the situation with COVID – 19 certain changes with building occupancy and use will (or should) trigger a risk review, resulting in revised control measures around the management of water systems within a building. In some cases, this may not have happened, which means that prior to re-opening, specific procedures must be developed to ensure good water hygiene of systems and assets including storage tanks, water heaters, showers, taps, etc.
In the case of a partially occupied building, increased measures should be in place whilst the building occupancy is reduced. When water systems fall into disuse or reduced use, there is a high potential for legionella growth and proliferation. This is caused by reduced water turn over, stagnation and loss of temperature control. It is not possible to accurately predict how many Legionella organisms will be generated, even if a system had previously been well designed and maintained.
Services & Advice available
Mitie Water has Legionella Control Association registration for all 9 service categories and any tasks will be completed in accordance with the relevant LCA Service Standard for Delivery.
In addition we operate under BS EN ISO 9001, 14001 and 18001 Quality Assurance Systems approved by accredited UK registered bodies.
- Mitie water can support your business in returning water systems to use after being mothballed or decreased occupancy throughout the CV-19 lock down
- Mitie has full UK coverage and our skilled environmental service technicians and chemists can offer a one off ‘health check visit’ to enable water systems to be safely returned to service prior to opening to the public and returning employees to the workplace
- Mitie water site services include full system chlorination, temperature mapping of site and adjustments of hot and cold water systems where required
- Mitie water will provide full bacteriological analysis of site water systems including legionella analysis to ensure water systems are compliant and safe prior to reoccupation
Contact Mitie Technical services to discuss how we can help you
Getting Britain Back to Business
After the disruption of COVID-19, organisations must coordinate an efficient, secure and fully supported process for the reopening of facilities.
Mitie have produced a ‘Getting Britain Back to Business’ guide which sets out the steps you need to take for your organisation to return to work safely, productively and efficiently. It aims to provide a measured, coordinated approach, to mitigate risk, to increase resilience and to improve efficiency.
Mitie Connected Workspace
When buildings re-open and staff start to reoccupy workspaces, it is vital to understand the dynamics, in real time, to ensure social distancing guidelines are maintained, prioritising colleagues’ physical and mental health.
Providing real time access to space availability and the ability to book desks and meeting rooms from apps and mobile devices will allow your staff to operate more safely in their workplaces.
Mitie’s unique solution combines sensors, BMS feeds and IoT to provide a real time view of desk occupation, meeting room use, common areas and environmental factors, de-risking building reoccupation.
Mitie Connected Workspace is the only market leading, fully integrated solution that can provide such real time, dynamic and transparent insight.