WHY SECURITY?
Together with food and air, water is one of our primary necessities of life.
Water companies are spending care and knowledge producing tap water which is safe for use upon leaving their plant. On its way to consumers the (cold) water is transported at high speed through a system of large underground piping.
From the moment the tap water arrives at the consumer and enters the consumer's house through the central tap point, we see a completely different situation. When water enters buildings, factories, offices and houses, it runs through narrower piping, wherein it often remains stationary and where the water temperature gradually rises. This new environment stimulates the creation and growth of the known and difficult to avoid biofilm, the ideal home for bacteria!
The quality of the piping, the stagnation and circulation frequency determine the development of the biofilm. Here the ambient and water temperature play a significant role. Micro-organisms and bacteria, nesting in the biofilm, easily develop at a temperature between 20°C and 55°C.
The result is that the described development can deteriorate to the quality of the shower water, with all its consequences. Especially patients and elderly people with weakened immune systems can be the victims.
Whilst we are assuming that our trusted shower water is complying with the required quality standards, in practice this is not always the case. Shower water mists carrying the legionella bacteria, can infect the lungs and cause a legionella flu or other infection. In serious cases we are speaking of a legionella pneumonia. (veterans disease)
Water companies are spending care and knowledge producing tap water which is safe for use upon leaving their plant. On its way to consumers the (cold) water is transported at high speed through a system of large underground piping.
From the moment the tap water arrives at the consumer and enters the consumer's house through the central tap point, we see a completely different situation. When water enters buildings, factories, offices and houses, it runs through narrower piping, wherein it often remains stationary and where the water temperature gradually rises. This new environment stimulates the creation and growth of the known and difficult to avoid biofilm, the ideal home for bacteria!
The quality of the piping, the stagnation and circulation frequency determine the development of the biofilm. Here the ambient and water temperature play a significant role. Micro-organisms and bacteria, nesting in the biofilm, easily develop at a temperature between 20°C and 55°C.
The result is that the described development can deteriorate to the quality of the shower water, with all its consequences. Especially patients and elderly people with weakened immune systems can be the victims.
Whilst we are assuming that our trusted shower water is complying with the required quality standards, in practice this is not always the case. Shower water mists carrying the legionella bacteria, can infect the lungs and cause a legionella flu or other infection. In serious cases we are speaking of a legionella pneumonia. (veterans disease)