On the 30th October 2023, a Milton Keynes based school had wrote to parents of its students to advise that Legionella Bacteria had been found in a part of the schools water system.
Identifying Legionella in hot and cold water systems is vital to public safety, especially in schools and educational facilities, where the
In this letter to the parents, the head master of the school Andrew Bennet wrote:
“This was picked up through our routine testing and inspection programe that takes place on a regular basis across our school’s buildings and facilities.
“While this may sound serious, I want to reassure you that we have already sought the advice and expertise of external consultants and implemented their recommendations.
“I am pleased to confirm that the school is safe to open and for the school’s kitchen and toilets to operate normally. Students can also continue to use the water fountains around the schools for drinking water as they already have additional filtration in place.
“Any other non-essential water sources (e.g. sinks in classrooms and showers) will, however, be turned off as a precautionary measure until a complete flush of the Brooklands Campus water system has been completed at the end of the week. The system will then be re-tested over the weekend where it is expected that all water sources will be able to be turned back on.”
This outlines how vital routine legionella testing and legionella risk assessments are to the publics safety. If the school hadn’t have had these procedures in place, many pupils and staff could have ended up with Legionnaires, which in extreme cases, can be fatal.
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