Facts You Need To Know About Aquacert

Bacteria and viruses breed in almost any item and any space. That is why, some individuals are being cautious to prevent these viruses from entering their premises and affecting the whole family. Unfortunately, there are still cases when viruses can easily enter the house due to physical contact, foreign items placed inside the house and even due to weather conditions like wind that transmits airborne bacteria.

Apart from this, some bacteria also live in water sources, which can easily enter your house using pipes. And, one of the most common bacteria found in water is the Legionella. Luckily, there are preventive ways such as testing kits and Legionella risk assessment that can be used to help prevent such bacteria offered by Aquacert.

What is a Legionella risk assessment?

Aquacert is known to provide the best and most accurate risk assessment services to help detect Legionella. Listed below are some of the benefits of such assessment.

Identify and assess sources of risk, which includes checking if certain conditions are present that encourage bacteria to multiply such as water temperature between 20-45C.

Determine if there is a means of creating and disseminating breathable droplets created by a shower or cooling tower.

Recognise if there are susceptible people who may be exposed to the contaminated aerosols.

Prepare a scheme for preventing or controlling the risk.

Legionella testing kits offered by Aquacert

Apart from a reliable risk assessment, Aquacert also offers different testing kits that can be used in numerous places from large transportation vehicles like ships, hotels and accommodations, health centres, and even houses.

Potable Water Quality test kit (pre-flush and post flush) – This kits is used in order to check the quality of potable water sources. Pre-flush kit is the normal method for most clients as the results show the quality coming out of the individual. On the other hand, Post flush kits contain materials to disinfect the tap, then the tap is flushed for a couple of minutes at medium flow before the sample is taken.

Showerhead Plus – This product descales and disinfects at the same time. And, this product is proven to kill legionella bacteria.

Legionella Test for Hot Water Systems – This test Kit is for Laboratory analysis of water sample from hot water systems for legionella bacteria.

How Aquacert’s legionella testing service works

• Aquacert posts the bottles / courier bags & Courier Pick Up Request sheets out to your nominated address/es.

• You fill the bottles, then complete the Courier Pick Up Request sheet. Then you need to fax Aquacert with this sheet. After which, Aqaucert will organise and pay the courier costs.

• The filled bottles and Courier Pick Up Request are put into the courier bag.

• The courier takes the samples to the laboratory for analysis.

• The results sheet will interpret the bacteria levels - if poor, experts will suggest what remedial actions are necessary. Experts will also send the results certificate out to your Office or direct to your client (or both).

• The database will be updated with the results. Soon clients will be able to view their own analysis certificates over the internet, using a password.

• Experts will remind you by phone or letter when the next tests are due.

In case you want to know more about Aquacert, you can visit them at www.aquacert.co.uk to make water source cleaner and safer.