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H

ygiene

BOS-

P

RD-0

3

04.900902

4

.

7

.

4

S

o

u

rces o

f

ris

k

Ri

s

k

o

f w

ater

c

ontam

i

nat

i

on

c

an e

i

t

h

er

be

o

f

a b

i

o

l

og

ic

a

l

or

i

g

i

n or

a

c

h

em

ic

a

l

one

.

S

ome

spe

ci

f

ic i

nd

ic

ators

are

c

ommon

l

y u

sed

to assess

t

h

e

q

u

a

li

t

y

o

f w

ater

.

A

f

e

w

e

x

amp

l

es

are

li

sted

be

l

o

w:

Î

B

io

l

ogica

l

indicators

:

o

Enterococci / E.coli / Coliforms

:

f

ae

c

a

l i

nd

ic

ators

,

r

i

s

k i

n

c

ase o

f

i

ngest

i

on

;

o

Legionella

:

ba

c

ter

i

a

t

h

at

deve

l

ops

i

n

w

ater

bet

w

een

2

5

°

C

and

4

3°

C,

r

i

s

k i

n

c

ase

o

f

i

n

h

a

l

at

i

on o

f

f

i

ne m

i

st

(

r

i

s

k

areas

: w

ater

o

u

t

l

ets

,

s

h

o

w

ers

wh

ere aeroso

l

f

ormat

i

on

c

an e

xi

st

).

Î

C

h

e

m

ica

l

indicators

:

o

H

y

dro

c

arbons

:

i

nd

ic

ators

o

f

a

c

ross

c

ontam

i

nat

i

on

w

i

t

h

fu

e

l

and

o

il;

o

O

t

h

ers

parameters

re

l

eased b

y

de

c

ompos

i

t

i

on

o

f

tan

k

s

c

oat

i

ngs

.

4

.

7

.

5 Prod

u

ction o

f

pota

b

l

e

w

ater

4.7.5.1 Principles of chlorination- influence of pH

C

h

l

or

i

ne

i

s

one

o

f

t

h

e

best

d

i

s

i

n

f

e

c

tor

f

or

potab

l

e

w

ater

.

A

dded

to

w

ater

, i

t

gets

d

i

sso

l

ved

to

c

reate

hy

po

c

h

l

oro

u

s

a

ci

d

(

a

c

t

i

ve

c

h

l

or

i

ne

)

and

hy

po

c

h

l

or

i

te

(

potent

i

a

l c

h

l

or

i

ne

).

HClO i

s

t

h

e

a

c

t

i

ve

c

omponent

f

or

t

h

e

d

i

s

i

n

f

e

c

t

i

on

o

f

t

h

e

w

ater

(

ba

c

ter

ici

de

e

ff

e

c

t

) . T

h

e

c

on

c

entrat

i

on

to

wh

ic

h

HClO i

s

f

o

u

nd

i

n

w

ater

i

s

re

l

at

i

ve to

t

h

e

p

H. T

h

e

l

eve

l

o

f

p

H

h

as

a

d

i

re

c

t

i

n

f

l

u

en

c

e

on

t

h

e

ba

c

ter

ici

de

e

ff

e

c

t

o

f

t

h

e

a

c

t

i

ve

c

h

l

or

i

ne

,

t

h

at

i

s

why

i

t

i

s

re

q

u

i

red

to

a

l

w

a

y

s

meas

u

re

bot

h

i

nd

ic

ators

to

ens

u

re

t

h

at

d

i

s

i

n

f

e

c

t

i

on

i

s

e

ff

ici

ent

(

see

ill

u

strat

i

on

be

l

o

w

).

T

h

e p

H

m

u

st not e

xc

eed

7.8.

Ta

b

l

e

1

:

Co

m

position o

f

t

h

e c

hl

orine

re

l

ative

to

t

h

e p

H

4.7.5.2 Instruction for treatment

Af

ter

b

u

n

k

er

i

ng

,

so

li

d

c

h

l

or

i

ne

shall

be

added

i

n

w

ater

tan

k

s

to

i

n

c

rease

t

h

e

c

on

c

entrat

i

on

o

f

f

ree

c

h

l

or

i

ne

u

p

to

0

,4

pp

m

(R

e

f

er

to

Water chlorination and monitoring

). T

h

i

s

c

on

c

entrat

i

on

shall

be ma

i

nta

i

ned

at

an

y

t

i

me

to prevent potent

i

a

l

gro

w

t

h

o

f

ba

c

ter

i

ae

. I

t

s

h

o

u

l

d not drop be

l

o

w

0.2

pp

m

or

e

xc

eed

0.

5 pp

m.

A

ll

treatments

done

shall

be

reported

i

n

t

h

e

“

Water Hygiene Logbook”

.

V

ers

i

on

0

5

. O

r

i

g

i

na

l

date

:

2

5

/0

5

/2012.

V

ers

i

on

date

:

3

1/12/201

5

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a

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d

vers

i

on

on

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on

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U

n

c

ontro

ll

ed do

c

u

ment

wh

en

pr

i

nted

.

P

ro

c

ed

u

re prepared b

y:

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Manager

.

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pproved

b

y:

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Manager

.

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a

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dated

b

y:

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a

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