Valves help combat legionella bacteria

HORA valves with the DVGW test mark helps combat legionella bacteria in drinking water systems.

HORA's BR 216 RGA-TW and BR 316 RGA-TW control valves are the response to an increasingly urgent problem.

The special design reduces the occurrence of legionella bacteria.

Valves with certified safety.

These special HORA valves will be available from mid-2004 and meet the latest German Drinking Water Ordinance (TrinkwV 2001).

This ordinance forms the basis on which, since 2003, the public health authorities have been required to test the quality of the drinking water in all systems in which water is made available to the public.

Some facts about Legionnaires' disease.

The bacteria that cause Legionnaires' disease reproduce rapidly in warmwater in a temperature range of 25C to 45C.

Therefore, special attention must be given to the hot water supply systems in hospitals, old people's and nursing homes, spa and balneological facilities, hotels or army barracks.

What is Legionnaires' disease? Legionnaires' disease is a sever form of pneumonia.

Symptoms: high fever, coughing, breathing difficulties, diarrhoea and a general feeling of tiredness.

In older people and those with a weakened immune system, it can even prove fatal.

Infection route: Water droplets contained in vapour or steam which are breathed in and enter the lungs.

The bacteria are only gradually killed at temperatures over 60C.

It is therefore essential to take preventive action as quickly as possible.

How? Directly in the system, with the aid of the new HORA BR 216 RGA-TW and BR 316 RGA-TW control valves.

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