Next, let’s look at the Cumulative HDDs for Manhattan from 2014 – 2017 using 55⁰F as the Balance Point: 2014 (green) was the most severe heat season, finishing up with 2883 HDDs for the year. 2016 (purple) was the mildest heat season, finishing up with 2229 HDDs for the year. 2017 (pink) is trending […]
Heating Degree Days (HDDs) are a unit of measure that indicates how mild or severe a heating season was or will be by comparing the Average Daily Temperature to the “Balance Point” which is the outside temperature below which heating is required. For example, assume there are 10 days in a month where the Average […]
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For those Facilities carrying out Legionella testing on potable water systems, please consider the following suggestions in your quest to be compliant. We should not take the sampling approach lightly, with the lone objective to check the box that confirms samples were drawn. Rather, please think carefully about your building’s piping infrastructure, and develop a […]
Notification and Communication Strategies For the last part of our MPP series we will talk about the communications requirement of RCNY 8-03. This component requires a management program & plan to identify how results from cooling tower related activities will be received by different team members, and ultimately notification given to the department of health […]
There is growing awareness, publicity and liability due to high profile legionella outbreaks. Contact us to make sure your facility as a Water Management in place to reduce your likelihood of risk and liability. Five Recent Legionnaires’ Disease Outbreaks: 1. Hospital plumbing system implicated in 46 cases, including 4 deaths. Forty-Six Legionella infections have been […]
Every administrator in a health care environment is interested in limiting litigation and liability. When it comes to potable water and the minimization of Legionella in this water system – there are some very definite steps that every institution can take to limit the liability and litigation potentials. The Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released […]
Start-up and Shutdown Procedures For the next section of our MPP series we will talk about the Start-Up and Shutdown procedures that must be included in an MPP. As this is considered a very important element of the Maintenance Program & Plan the Department of Health has broken these requirements into its own statute of […]
In addition to corrosion, deposit, and general fouling prevention, responsible cooling water treatment must now also involve disease prevention. An increasingly important tool for augmenting the chemical water treatment program is filtration. While cooling water filters come in many designs, a properly selected filter offers two primary benefits: Particulate Removal – Suspended solids that are not properly […]
Corrective Action As part of an MPP it is required to denote how corrective action will be carried out as per DOH requirements shown in tables 8-1 and 8-2 of RCNY Chapter 8. The following items are categories that need to be monitored and have corrective action taken if necessary. Bacteria dip slides that come […]
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