Call for Speakers. LCA Seminar – SPATEX 5th February 2025
November 2024 The LCA are hosting an afternoon seminar on Wednesday 5th February 2025 at the Spatex Conference in Coventry. The seminar incudes free entry to the main Spatex Conference and complimentary refreshments at the seminar. If you are interested in delivering a non-commercial presentation on Spa Pools and Hot Tubs and the Legionella risk, please contact events@legionellacontrol.org.uk. The event starts at 1pm and finishes at 3pm withRead More
Working with TMVs and TMTs to LCA Service Delivery Standards
August 2024 The LCA standards are designed to cover specific legionella control services but there are some cases where different aspects of one thing are covered by several categories. The LCA publish a guidance document to what is included and excluded in our areas of interest. We also include section A in each service standard that coveRead More
LAC-67 and HSE Evaporative Cooling System Interventions
August 2024 There are currently two potential reasons for proactive regulator interventions in evaporative cooling systems and some confusion in the industry regarding the details. LCA members should be prepared to support their clients during these intervention programmes as required. Who Regulates Where? (https://www.hse.gov.uk/foi/internalops/og/og-00073-appendix1.htm) Generally, in schools, factories and governmentRead More
Appeals and Suspensions
July 2024 The LCA have processes for classifying suspension, termination, exclusion, lapsed members and reapplication. This procedure defines terms and lays out the requirements for members, applicants and the LCA. As we start to look forward to Re-registration the LCA would like to highlight the various states that Applicants, Members and former Members can be as defined by the LCA. Classification DRead More
Testing for Chlorine and Bromine
May 2024 There appears to be some confusion arising from the following paragraph found in the revised HSG274 part 1, Info Box 1.5: Biocide types and application: When using the DPD No 1 methodology it is essential that the result is pH-adjusted to account for the conversion of hypochlorous and hypobromous acids into their less effective hypochlorite and hypobromite ions, when higher pH levels are present. This is important, as the DPD No 1 test is not specific to either and will pick up some other oxidants that may be present in the syRead More