Legionella risk analysis for swimming pools
Do you operate a public swimming pool? You must ensure your visitors are not at risk of catching Legionnaires’ disease. You must perform a risk analysis and have a Legionella management plan.
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at your municipality, province, or water authority
You are required to prevent the formation of Legionella if you operate a publicly accessible pool such as:
- swimming pool
- swimming pool in, for example, hotels, saunas, and camping sites
- medical bathing facility (pool)
- children’s paddling pool
Legionella risk analysis
You must ask a BRL 6010-certified consultant (in Dutch) to conduct a risk analysis. If the analysis indicates that there are risks, you must:
- have a Legionella management plan (in Dutch) drawn up by a BRL 6010 certified company and follow its guidelines. this includes for example:
- where your tap water comes from and what the quality is
- which taps should be tested regularly
- the results of the risk analysis
- maintain a logbook recording the measures you take to prevent the formation of legionella
- perform a water check at least 2 times a year
You must have a risk analysis carried out before you open your swimming location, and within 3 months after changing a water installation. The risk analysis and your management plan must be available for inspection at the pool site. The provincial authority can request access to your management plan and logbook. You can use the Dutch-language Legionella prevention tool to see which measures against Legionella you can take.
Reporting Legionella
Does the water check indicate 100 colony-forming units of Legionella per litre (cfu/l) or more in the bathing water? Then you must report this to your provincial authority as soon as possible. You do this via the online service counter Omgevingsloket (in Dutch).
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