Suspended matter in raw water supplies is removed by various methods to provide water suitable for domestic purposes and most industrial uses. The suspended matter can consist of large solids which settle by gravity alone without any external aids and ‘non-settleable’ material often colloidal in nature. Removal is generally by coagulation, flocculation and sedimentation. The…
Feedwater will be hosting it’s next advanced legionella awareness course on Thursday the 26th of March 2015. The course will be hosted by our very own technical manager Gary Hogben who last year broke his own record by performing 44 training days up and down the country. Feedwater courses are available on request at your…
Feedwater have recently launched an online legionella awareness training course, now this is a basic course and should be taken by those with some role in legionella management at their place or work and should not be seen as sufficient training for the responsible person on site, in this case we recommend a day course…
Feedwater’s marketing team is busy improving and updating the companies web presence and website constantly but that doesn’t mean those skills don’t rub off for personal endeavours. One of our own has proudly created for himself a website in order to compare the cheapest iPhone contracts. The site built on wordpress is fully responsive so…
The importance of the boiler feedtank, where boiler feedwater and make-up water are stored and into which condensate is returned, is often underestimated. Most items of plant in the boiler house are duplicated, but it is rare to have two feedtanks and this crucial item is often the last to be considered in the design…
Feedwater specialises in legionella risk assessments and the provision of services to prevent Legionnaires’ disease and help you comply with ACOP L8. Unlike many other ACOP L8 legionella risk assessment providers, we believe that a risk assessment report should be simple and to the point. There is no value in an unnecessarily long and wordy document, so…
Feedwater Ltd manufacture and service water softeners throughout the UK Softeners have two main modes, or cycles, of operation: service and regeneration. During the service cycle, the softener exchanges ‘hard’ cations for sodium, causing progressive depletion of exchangeable sodium to the point of exhaustion. The softener is then ‘regenerated’ by saturating the resin bed with…
If you are experiencing carryover issues also known as ‘Priming’ then we would advise you to speak to us for a free onsite consultation, our experts can perform a full water analysis report of your boiler, hotwell and make up water and discuss with you the best way to achieve efficient boiler water treatment and care, however in the mean time we can provide a chemical stopgap for reducing the risk of carryover.
It is important for industrial sites which use a lot of water to consider a comprehensive Legionella control regime by seeking a Legionella control company with training services, to allow competent onsite risk assessments and procedures to be put in place to control the growth of Legionella in water systems. Of course taking the matter…
MANSLAUGHTER charges may be brought against a company after three men died in an outbreak died of legionnaire’ disease in Stoke-on-Trent. Richard Griffin, of Westbury Park, 79-year-old William Hammersley, of Chesterton and Harry Cadman, aged 71, of Stoke-on-Trent, all died after being struck down with the disease which was linked to Fenton discount warehouse JTF.…