The Hospital ran three cycled steam boilers all of which suffered boiler water which was heavily contaminated with red-brown suspended solids, this often made testing chemical parameters difficult due to the problem in trying to distinguish colour changes.
A Study of Activ-Ox Chlorine Dioxide effect on Hotel Legionella Control in lockdown As the UK emerged from the first lockdown and businesses started to reopen, the challenge of maintaining good microbiological control, during this Lockdown period became apparent. To study this, Feedwater carried out comparative data analysis to evaluate the impact of chlorine dioxide…
ESGLI Guidance for managing Legionella in building water systems during the COVID-19 pandemic In the UK Legionella control is subject to statutory control under the Health and Safety at Work etc Act 1974 and COSHH regulations. In other European countries regulation varies, but the European Society for Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Disease (ESCMID) maintains a group of…
Feedwater are one of the first laboratories in the UK to offer new qPCR rapid legionella testing. With results available in as quick as 6 hours it is possible to get results on the same day the sample arrives in to the lab.
Feedwater microbiological and chemistry water analysis offerings continue to grow.
Feedwater has proudly positioned itself as the all in one water treatment company carrying a wide gamut of products and services to cover the entirety of customer’s water treatment requirements. This has included having in-house chemistry and microbiological laboratories which process 10,000s of water samples for analysis every year.
Information obtained from regular monitoring can indicate:
whether or not water replacement and backwashing are being undertaken at sufficient frequency,
disinfectant levels are adequate,
show whether or not the operation of the water treatment plant is coping effectively with the bather load,
highlight any unnecessary hand dosing of water treatment chemicals,
provide information on the condition of the filter bed, and
provide advanced warning of failure of filter, pumps, valves etc.
Feedwater is a provider of Online training courses Industry in the UK constantly faces new rules, regulations and legislation requiring greater safety & more preventative measures to keep companies workforces heathy and safe. One of the main measure pushed is training and competency, however it can be an expensive and time consuming process to bring in…
You can buy the chemicals mentioned in this procedure in our web shop by following their links. Before starting ensure that the Descaler is suitable for the system metallurgy. DESCALER ‘SF’ should NOT be used on stainless steel, aluminium or galvanised surfaces. Iron / SteelCopper & BrassStainless SteelGalvanised SteelAluminium Descaler SFYesYesNoNoNo Descaling PowderYesYesYesNoNo Set up…
Feedwater will be hosting it’s next advanced legionella awareness course on Wednesday the 15th of July 2015. The course will be hosted by our very own technical manager Gary Hogben. Feedwater courses are available on request at your location (cost effective for groups) or put on quarterly on site at Feedwater moreton in Merseyside. Feedwater also announced…
Feedwater will be hosting an advanced legionella awareness course on Tuesday the 24th of March 2015. Location: The Wesley Hotel, near Euston station, London (On Thursday the 26th another will be held at Feedwater HQ, Merseyside) The course will be hosted by our very own technical manager Gary Hogben who last year broke his own record by…