Legionella certification is essential for ensuring your water systems comply with UK health and safety law and meet legal responsibilities for water safety. Proper control and management of Legionella risks are critical to prevent Legionella infections, including Legionnaires’ disease, which can pose serious health hazards and lead to costly legal consequences.
At Marlowe Environmental Services, we specialise in providing industry-recognised Legionella certificates that confirm your water systems have undergone a thorough Legionella risk assessment, treatment, and ongoing monitoring in line with the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) guidelines and the Approved Code of Practice (ACOP) L8 regulations. Our services help duty holders demonstrate compliance with health regulations and safety law, ensuring your premises are protected against Legionella risks.
We offer tailored solutions for a broad range of sectors, including:
Partnering with us means ensuring that your business fulfills its legal duty, implements suitable precautions, and gains access to expert support for managing hazardous substances such as Legionella bacteria.
Landlords and property owners have a legal obligation to assess Legionella risks in their properties, even though a Legionella certificate is not legally required. This duty of care ensures that water systems are managed safely to protect tenant health and comply with regulations.
The assessment process typically includes:
If landlords do not feel competent or confident to carry out the assessment themselves, they should seek professional assistance to ensure all legal obligations are met and the property remains safe.
Achieving Legionella certification involves a rigorous process that includes:
Certification is not just a regulatory requirement; it’s also a critical part of ensuring that your water systems remain safe and that you mitigate risks that could harm public health, ensuring peace of mind for your business, staff, and customers.
Marlowe Environmental Services offers a full range of Legionella management services designed to help you comply with safety laws and maintain a safe environment. Our services include:
Legionella Risk Assessments
Our thorough assessments identify and evaluate the risks associated with your water systems, including visual inspection for redundant pipework, helping to implement effective control measures to prevent the growth of Legionella bacteria.
Legionella Testing
Routine water testing is essential for monitoring the presence of Legionella bacteria. We perform temperature checks to ensure hot water is stored above 60°C and cold water below 20°C, providing reliable, accurate testing to ensure your water systems remain free from harmful pathogens and compliant with safety standards.
Legionella Treatment
We provide professional cleaning and disinfection services for both hot and cold water systems, including domestic hot water systems, to treat and prevent Legionella outbreaks. Our solutions ensure your systems are thoroughly treated, reducing bacterial risks and maintaining compliance.
Thermostatic Mixing Valve Servicing
Thermostatic Mixing Valves (TMVs) are essential for controlling water temperature and preventing scalding risks. We offer servicing and maintenance of TMVs to ensure your systems remain compliant and operate safely.
Commercial Water Heater Maintenance
Keep your water heaters functioning efficiently and safely with regular maintenance. We ensure your water heaters meet the necessary standards, reducing risks and ensuring continued safe operation.
A standard Legionella management programme includes temperature control, regular flushing of infrequently used outlets, cleaning and descaling (such as regularly cleaning showerheads), and maintaining detailed logs for at least five years.
Each of these services plays a vital role in ensuring Legionella safety across your systems, preventing outbreaks, and keeping your business compliant. Get in touch today to learn how we can support your Legionella management efforts.
At Marlowe Environmental Service, we bring extensive expertise, practical experience, and recognised qualifications to Legionella control. Our team is actively involved in professional schemes and accreditations for Legionella certification, ensuring the highest standards of competence and credibility.
We understand the importance of compliance with health and safety executive guidelines and provide tailored solutions across various industries, including healthcare, commercial, industrial, and hospitality sectors.
Our training includes both practical and theoretical components, and our professionals hold the necessary qualifications required for effective Legionella risk assessments and water system disinfection. This ensures your Legionella risk assessments and control measures meet all legal requirements, offering peace of mind and safeguarding your tenants, employees, and customers.
Extensive Industry Experience
With years of expertise in water hygiene, we understand the challenges businesses face when managing Legionella risks and can offer solutions tailored to your specific needs.
Comprehensive Certification Process
Our Legionella certification process includes detailed risk assessments, in-depth testing, and continuous monitoring to ensure full compliance with UK regulations like ACOP L8 and HSG274.
Tailored Solutions for Every Industry
Whether you’re in healthcare, hospitality, or manufacturing, we offer bespoke solutions that meet the unique demands of your sector, ensuring safe, efficient, and compliant water systems.
Protect your water systems and comply with legal responsibilities by partnering with Marlowe Environmental Services for expert Legionella certification. Our specialists will guide you through the entire process, from risk assessment to ongoing management, ensuring your business meets all health regulations and safety standards.
Don’t risk non-compliance or Legionella infections, take proactive steps today!
Contact us now to discuss how we can help you complete your Legionella certification and uphold the highest standards of water safety.
A Legionella certificate is a document that confirms property owners have fulfilled their legal obligation to assess Legionella risks in their water systems. It verifies that a competent person has conducted a risk assessment and that simple control measures, such as controlling water temperature and ensuring regular water movement, have been implemented to effectively manage Legionella bacteria risks.
While there is no specific legal requirement for a Legionella certificate for your property, landlords and duty holders have a legal obligation to assess the risk of Legionella bacteria in water systems. You must carry out and document a Legionella risk assessment for each property to ensure compliance and demonstrate that appropriate control measures are in place to protect tenant health.
A competent person with the necessary knowledge, practical experience, and recognised qualifications, such as a city & guilds accredited certificate or equivalent training, should conduct the risk assessment. Landlords may carry out the assessment themselves if they feel competent and confident, but if not, they should seek a qualified professional who is part of a recognised professional scheme to ensure compliance and quality assurance.
It includes assessing your water systems to identify potential hazards, evaluating the level of risk, determining who may be at risk, and visually inspecting for redundant pipework. For small domestic properties, Legionella sampling is not usually required, as temperature management is generally sufficient; testing is typically reserved for more complex systems. Control measures and ongoing monitoring, inspection, and maintenance procedures are then established as part of the assessment.
Risk assessments should be reviewed regularly or whenever there are changes to the water system, premises, or use patterns that could affect Legionella risks.
Simple control measures for Legionella management include maintaining hot water (including domestic hot water systems) stored above 60°C and ensuring cold water stays below 20°C. Regularly clean and descale outlets such as showerheads, and flush infrequently used outlets to prevent water stagnation. These temperature checks and cleaning routines are part of a standard management programme, helping to reduce the risk of Legionella bacteria growth.
Yes, tenants should be informed about control measures and advised to maintain cleanliness of water outlets such as showerheads to reduce risk.
Failure to manage Legionella risks can lead to serious health hazards, legal penalties, and damage to reputation. Compliance helps protect public health and avoid costly consequences.
We provide comprehensive Legionella risk assessments, water testing, control measures, and certification services, as well as structured training courses. These courses combine practical and theoretical instruction, are delivered by trainers with real-world practical experience, and are designed to meet the requirements of the Approved Code of Practice, relevant technical guidance, and water byelaws. Training is accessible for professionals with recognised trade qualifications and can be completed efficiently, supporting your compliance with professional schemes and industry standards.
