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How important are water safety standards?

Water Safety Standards: How Important Are They?

Water safety standards play a critical role in protecting public health by ensuring that water used for drinking, cooking, and sanitation is clean and safe. In the UK, these standards are among the most rigorous in the world, built upon both adopted European directives and national regulations such as the Water Supply (Water Quality) Regulations. They set clear limits on a wide range of potential contaminants, including microorganisms, chemicals, pesticides, metals, and radiological elements, to maintain the high quality of water delivered by public and private systems alike.

Taste and Odour Problems in Drinking Water

In this article the water quality experts at Water Treatment Services highlight the most common causes of poor taste and odour problems in drinking water and what can be done to improve matters.

Drinking water sampling and microbiological testing

Drinking Water Sampling & Microbiological Testing

Have you ever wondered how clean your drinking water supply is? In this guide the water quality specialists at Water Treatment Services explain the processes around drinking water sampling and microbiological testing. The guide looks at the common types of testing, how to take a sample correctly, what happens in the laboratory, and concludes with a summary outlining how to interpret the test results once you receive them from the lab.

Potable Water Testing on Ships & Marine Vessels

A regular programme of potable water testing on-board ships, other marine vessels and off-shore installations is an essential management process required to maintain safe drinking water supplies for crew members, passengers and others.

In this expert guide the water safety experts at Water Treatment Services consider the health risks that need to be considered by ship owners and officers and how these can be properly managed. We review the main maritime regulations and international guidance on fresh water quality, and conclude with a summary of recommendations for the testing of drinking water quality in marine environments.

Managing Hydrotherapy Pool Water Safety

Hydrotherapy pool water safety is not an issue to be ignored as such facilities can present increased risks to patients, staff and others, especially if the water used in them is not managed and maintained correctly.

In this expert guide the water safety specialists at Water Treatment Services review the use and management of hydrotherapy facilities and what issues owners, managers and operators need to be consider to ensure optimum water quality and safety are maintained.

Borehole Water, Wells & Private Water Supplies

In this expert guide the specialists at Water Treatment Services take an in-depth look at the construction and on-going management of borehole water wells and private water supplies for commercial, industrial and domestic purposes.

The guide reviews the things you need to consider before you start drilling; together with the consent process, licensing and registration. It goes on to examine the regulations dealing with private water supplies, and the need for borehole water testing and effective water treatment and disinfection processes.

Testing Total Aerobic Colony Counts in Water

Total Aerobic Colony Counts, commonly abbreviated using the acronym TACC, is one of the most misunderstood aspects of water quality analysis and microbiological testing. Partly it’s because microbiologists and water management professionals are so accustomed to using jargon that it becomes second nature, and they don’t realise that the terms they are using baffles and confuses the layman. Then when they’re asked to explain Total Aerobic Colony Counts in words of one syllable, they get all tied up in complicated scientific knots, and are unable to articulate simply what they are talking about.

10 Facts About Water Boreholes

Learn more about water boreholes and how having access to your own private water supply can bring lots of benefits to both private home owners and businesses alike.