Caravan and holiday parks are ideal places to relax and enjoy quality time with family and to make the most of the warm weather and facilities.
However, caravan parks can also be an ideal place for legionella bacteria to thrive and reach levels dangerous enough to pose a substantial risk to both guests and employees.
At Swiftclean, our team of experts provides reliable, affordable, and effective legionella monitoring for caravan and holiday parks throughout the UK to help them ensure that they are safe and compliant.
What is Legionella?
Legionella is a bacterium that occurs in natural water such as lakes, rivers, and ponds as well as manmade, purpose-built water systems. In artificial water systems, low numbers of Legionella are expected, however, under the right conditions, the bacteria can thrive and multiply rapidly to levels dangerous enough to contaminate the water.
The issue here isn’t with the water itself, it’s when the water is part of an aerosolised system such as – showers, water storage tanks, hot tubs, cooling towers, pools, and water fountains. When the contaminated water colonises in these types of systems, the particles can easily be inhaled into the lungs and cause legionnaire’s disease.
What is Legionnaires Disease?
This is a form of atypical pneumonia that is very dangerous and can cause high fever, muscle pains, headaches, confusion, and chills. Not only is this disease extremely unpleasant for the sufferer but it is fatal in around 12% of cases. Even those that recover from the condition can be left with serious long-term health complications.
Legionnaires’ Disease is particularly dangerous for people who are 45 years and above, sufferers of chronic kidney or respiratory diseases, have a weak immune system or who are heavy smokers and drinkers.
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Legionella in Caravan Parks
Caravan and holiday parks are at an increased risk of legionella due to the unique nature of the business such as;
- The irregular demand for water
- Seasonality
- Large volumes of stored water
- Tank-fed drinking water
- Spa and pool facilities
With these fluctuating periods of attendance where sites are busy and water is in demand for half of the year and then quieter with little or no demand for the rest, water can become stagnant which creates the optimal growing conditions for legionella bacteria.
What Can Be Done to Protect Your Caravan Park?
Those who own and are responsible for caravan and holiday parks need to take every reasonable precaution to control and manage the risks of and exposure to legionella to keep their staff and customers safe and their premises compliant.
At Swiftclean, our dedicated team of specialists are on hand to deliver professional, fast, and cost-effective legionella monitoring for caravan parks of every type, size, scale and complexity. We offer a tailored service to suit your individual needs and take care of everything for you so that you can have complete peace of mind in knowing that your site is safe from the dangers of legionella.
Our legionella control services include;
- Legionella Risk Assessments
- Water System Monitoring
- Water Tank Cleaning
- Legionella Control Training Seminars
- Legionella Management & Control Consultancy
If you have any questions about our legionella monitoring and control services or would like to find out more, then please get in touch and one of our friendly advisors will be happy to help.
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