Mechanical design 15161—2013 control of Legionella in mechanical systems
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Standard for Building Owners, Design Professionals, and Maintenance Personnel
Includes addenda A, B and C
Issued March 2016
Mechanical and Maintenance Engineering
Compliance and Conformance Directorate
Professional and Technical Service Management
Real Property Branch
Public Works and Government Services Canada
Table of contents
- Introduction
- Chapter 1: General
- Chapter 2: Legionella risk and hazard assessment
- Chapter 3: Cooling towers and evaporative condensers
- Chapter 4: Open water systems
- Chapter 5: Heating, ventilation, and air conditioning systems and components
- Chapter 6: Domestic water systems
- Chapter 7: References
- Appendix A: Legionnaires' disease overview
- Appendix B: The use of biocides for Legionella control
- Appendix C: Legionella test methods
- Appendix D: Legionella testing protocols
- Appendix E: Checklists and forms for legionella bacteria control management program
List of tables
- Table 1.1: Roles and responsibilities
- Table 2.1: System risk and hazard assessment guidelines
- Table 2.2: Facility risk assessment
- Table 3.1: Cooling towers operation and maintenance and testing summary
- Table 4.1: Open water systems operation and maintenance and testing summary
- Table 5.1: Humidifiers operation and maintenance and testing summary
- Table 5.2: Drain pans operation and maintenance summary
- Table 6.1: Maximum pipe system length
- Table 6.2: Cold water systems operation and maintenance and testing summary
- Table 6.3: Hot water systems operation and maintenance and testing summary
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