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Domestic water in commercial buildings Reginald Brown Tap Drinking Domestic Mains Wholesome Fresh Sanitary Potable 2 The built environment experts Mains water myths Sterile Aerobic bacteria 3- 34 cfu/ml as supplied to BSRIA -

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Domestic water in commercial buildings

Reginald Brown

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Sanitary

Wholesome

Domestic

Potable

Drinking Fresh

Mains Tap

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Mains water myths

Sterile

  • Aerobic bacteria 3- 34 cfu/ml as supplied to BSRIA -

could be much higher out of the tap

Pure

  • 140 Ca, 6 Mg, 60 SO4, 58 Cl, 36 NO3 mg/l
  • TDS ~ 450 mg/l

Harmless

  • Domestic water leaks probably cause more damage in

buildings than heating and cooling system leaks. Insurance claims run into million of pounds each year.

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Water quality reports

Available free from water companies web sites

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Domestic water system issues

  • Corrosion and erosion

– Pipes needing replacement in less than 2 years

  • Colonisation by bacteria and other microbes

– Pseudomonas – Legionella – Protozoa, filamentous fungi etc

  • Joint failures

– Catastrophic release of water Unfortunately no time for

joint failures today!

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Corrosion

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Corrosion risks

  • Most domestic water systems use copper tube
  • Copper pipework in new or refurbished buildings is at

high risk of pitting leading to pinhole corrosion from:

– microbiologically influenced corrosion (MIC) – disinfectant residues – flux residues – scale deposits

If the water is allowed to stagnate !!!

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Legionella guidance

The draft of HSG 274 Part 2 The control of legionella bacteria in hot and cold water systems has a recommendation to use gas pressure testing to avoid a prolonged stagnation period prior to commissioning. If accepted by industry this may reduce the risk of some causes of pitting. The draft also suggests that weekly flushing of filled systems should be implemented to reduce stagnation and maintain the level

  • f chlorine from the incoming supply.

BSRIA experience is that weekly flushing unlikely sustain the mains chlorine level or be sufficient for the control of pitting corrosion.

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Corrosion feature on outside

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Typical nodule in base of pipe

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Malachite and azurite crystals capping corrosion pit

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Section of perforated pit

Malachite & Azurite (mineral forms of basic copper (II) carbonate) Cuprite (a mineral form of copper (I) oxide)

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Two sections from the same pipe

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Pitting features

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Linear spots

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Micrograph of spots

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Why black?

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Basic SEM

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Scanning electron microscope (SEM) micrograph

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SEM Energy dispersive x-ray spectroscopy (SEM-EDS)

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Elemental maps around the perforation

Copper Chlorine Oxygen Phosphorous

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Progress of corrosion pinholes

Surface dirt and debris Carbon film Chlorination residue Biofilm Flux residue

Stagnation

Initiation of corrosion cell Pitting Perforation

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Microbiologically influenced corrosion

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Typical result of microbiological corrosion

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Electron micrographs of microbiological corrosion features

Underside of nodule Pitted surface

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Assessing the cause of pitting

  • It is more productive to look at pits that are still

forming than a hole

  • Well developed pits have similar composition

irrespective of the original cause – usually rich in chlorine

  • Assessment of the root cause of pitting depends on

looking at the general surface of the pipe (visually and by composition of scale) as well documentary evidence regarding the history of the system

  • In-pipe endoscopy can help to determine the extent
  • f the problem
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Incidence of pinholes

  • Most corrosion pin-holes occur in cold water pipes

– Most commercial building systems use pumped hot water circulation which avoids stagnation – only the final connection to the tap will be subject to stagnation

  • All erosion pin-holes occurs in hot water pipes on the

return

– The root cause is excessive flow velocity in poorly balanced systems

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Endosopy in 15 mm copper pipe using 6mm camera

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Erosion

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Turbulent erosion

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Turbulent erosion

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Erosion of scale

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Cavitation

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Bacteria

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Bacteria and other microbes

  • Microbiologically influenced corrosion

– Sulphate reducing bacteria – Pseudomonads

  • Pathogenic bacteria

– Pseudomonas aeruginosa – Legionella

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Endoscopy of 15 mm hot pipe

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The source of the video

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Draft legionella guidance

  • A lot more background information on water systems but the

principles of legionella control have not changed

  • Recommendation on avoidance of stagnation is generally

welcomed as mentioned earlier but some concerns on the safety and effectiveness of gas pressure testing

  • Some concern also over the inclusion of chlorine as a candidate

for continuous supplementary disinfection as it is not very effective against legionella and potentially detrimental to some system materials

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Differences in risk assessment between legionella and pseudomonas aeruginosa

  • Legionella

– Enters the system through the water supply – Colonises parts of the system with favourable temperature and nutrients – Risk assessment looks at the design, construction and

  • peration of the water system
  • Pseudomonas aeruginosa

– Enters the system from the outlets – Colonises the outlets and fittings – Risk assessment looks at the way the outlets are used and maintained i.e. people factors – Specialist guidance in HTM 04-01: Addendum - Pseudomonas aeruginosa – advice for augmented care units

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Thank you!

  • The new Illustrated Guide to Domestic Water

Services will be published later this year and available as a free download to BSRIA members.

  • BSRIA is also involved in the drafting of

BS 8554 Code of practice for the sampling and monitoring of hot and cold water services in buildings also to be published later this year.

Reginald.Brown@bsria.co.uk