Water hygiene compliance, in plain English

Guides for the people who carry the duties — written to be useful whether or not you ever use BlueWave. No gating, no email walls. For how the standards map to the platform itself, see the compliance hub.

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The ACoP L8 compliance checklist

What an auditor actually checks — duties, assessments, schemes, records — and the gaps that catch contractors out.

  • Who holds which duty, in plain English
  • The records L8 expects you to produce
  • Where most audits actually fail
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The written scheme of control, explained

The document ACoP L8 expects for every system at risk — what goes in it, who writes it, and who keeps it honest.

  • The required contents, section by section
  • Who writes it vs who follows it
  • How it stays current instead of laminated
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Legionella logbook requirements

What the logbook must hold, how long to keep it — five years, per LCA expectations — and the 25–42°C band your monitoring exists to prove.

  • The full records list, item by item
  • Retention: what five years really means
  • Temperature monitoring without the gaps
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Responsible person vs competent person

Two roles ACoP L8 names and sites routinely confuse — who does what, and what happens when one person wears both hats.

  • The legal distinction, without the fog
  • What training each role actually needs
  • The delegation traps that surface in audits
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Written by the BlueWave team. Guides are general information, not legal or regulatory advice — your duties need your own competent advice.

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