ASTM D5952-96(2002) - 10.5.1996
 
1. Scope

1.1 This guide covers appropriate responses for employers, building owners and operators, facility managers, health and safety professionals, public health authorities, and others: (1) to a concern that a manmade water system may be contaminated with the bacteria known as legionellae (see 6.1); and (2) to the identification of one or more cases of Legionnaires' disease or Pontiac fever due to inhalation of airborne legionellae (see 6.3-6.5). Comprehensive and explicit recommendations to limit legionella multiplication in water systems and to disinfect potential sources of human exposure to legionellae are beyond this guide's scope.

1.2 This standard does not purport to address all of the safety concerns, if any, associated with its use. It is the responsibility of the user of this standard to establish appropriate safety and health practices and determine the applicability of regulatory limitations prior to use. See 7.3 and 8.5 for specific hazard statements.

 
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Standard Practices for Sampling Water-Formed Deposits

D1129-24

Standard Terminology Relating to Water

D512-23

Standard Test Methods for Chloride Ion In Water

C1080-98

Standard Specification for Asbestos-Cement Products Other Than Fill For Cooling Towers

Standard Methods for the Examination of Water and Wastewater, Twenty-first Edition

D596-01(2018)

Standard Guide for Reporting Results of Analysis of Water

D1356-20a

Standard Terminology Relating to Sampling and Analysis of Atmospheres (Includes all amendments and changes 9/7/2020).

F445-88(2023)

Standard Consumer Safety Specification for Thermal-Shock-Preventing Devices and Systems in Showering Areas

F444-88(2023)

Standard Consumer Safety Specification for Scald-Preventing Devices and Systems in Bathing Areas

E645-25

Standard Practice for Evaluation of Microbicides Used in Cooling Water Systems

D4840-99(2018)e1

Standard Guide for Sample Chain-of-Custody Procedures (Includes all amendments and changes 8/22/2018).

D3856-11

Standard Guide for Management Systems in Laboratories Engaged in Analysis of Water

D3370-25

Standard Practices for Sampling Water from Flowing Process Streams

D2331-08(2022)

Standard Practices for Preparation and Preliminary Testing of Water-Formed Deposits

D1293-18

Standard Test Methods for pH of Water

ASHRAE Standard. Ventilation for Acceptable Indoor Air Quality

Minimizing the Risk of Legionellosis Associated with Building Water Systems

Cooling Towers. 2004 ASHRAE Handbook—Heating, Ventilating, and Air-Conditioning Systems and Equipment

D1067-16(2024)

Standard Test Methods for Acidity or Alkalinity of Water