Considerations for large building water quality after extended stagnation.

ABSTRACT: The unprecedented number of building closures related to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic is concerning because water stagnation will occur in many buildings that do not have water management plans in place. Stagnant water can have chemical and microbiological contaminants that pose potential health risks to occupants. Health officials, building owners, utilities, and other entities are rapidly developing guidance to address this issue, but the scope, applicability, and details included in the guidance vary widely. To provide a primer of large building water system preventative and remedial strategies, peer-reviewed, government, industry, and nonprofit literature relevant to water stagnation and decontamination practices for plumbing was synthesized. Preventative practices to he

SUBMITTER: Proctor CR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7323006 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jul-Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature