WATER-3 preconditions Flashcards
The WELL Water concept covers aspects of the quality, distribution and control of liquid water in a building. It includes features that address the availability and contaminant thresholds of drinking water, as well as features targeting the management of water to avoid damage to building materials and environmental conditions.
Some of the chemicals used for disinfecting drinking water may combine with natural organic matter and generate byproducts sometimes correlated with reproductive disease and cancer such as
trihalomethanes (THMs) and haloacetic acids (HAAs)
The WELL Water concept aims to (5)
- increase the rate of adequate hydration in building users,
- reduce health risks due to contaminated water
- reduce health risks due to excessive moisture within buildings
- provide adequate sanitation through better infrastructure design and operations
- awareness and maintenance of water quality.
Feature W01 Precondition
Water Quality Indicators
Verify Water Quality Indicators
- Turbidity is less than or equal to 1.0 NTU, FTU or FNU (nephelometric turbidity, formazin turbidity or formazin nephelometric units, respectively).
- Coliforms are not detected in any 100 ml sample.
WATER- how many and which preconditions?
3
W01 Water Quality Indicators
W02 Drinking Water Quality
W03 Basic Water Management
WATER- how many and which optimizations?
6 W04 Enhanced Water Quality W05 Drinking Water Quality Management W06 Drinking Water Promotion W07 Moisture Management W08 Hygiene Support W09 β Onsite Non-Potable Water Reuse
Typical technologies able to capture contaminants include (3)
activated carbon filters, ion exchange resins and reverse osmosis (RO) systems.
Feature W02 Precondition
DRINKING WATER QUALITY -
parts (2)
Part 1
Meet Chemical Thresholds 11+3
Part 2
Meet Thresholds for Organics and Pesticides
-drinking water quality report or on-site testing
(municipal reports)
W02 DRINKING WATER QUALITY -
Part 1 Chemical Thresholds (3/11)
- provision of water dispensers
2. Arsenic ≤ 0.01 mg/L. Cadmium ≤ 0.003 mg/L. Chromium (total) ≤ 0.05 mg/L. Copper ≤ 2 mg/L. Fluoride ≤ 1.5 mg/L. Lead ≤ 0.01 mg/L. Mercury (total) ≤ 0.006 mg/L. Nickel ≤ 0.07 mg/L. Nitrate ≤ 50 mg/L as Nitrate (11 mg/L as Nitrogen). Nitrite ≤ 3 mg/L as Nitrite (0.9 mg/L as Nitrogen). Total chlorine ≤ 5 mg/L. (11)
- Residual (free) chlorine does not exceed 4 mg/L.
The concentration of total trihalomethanes (TTHM, sum of dibromochloromethane, bromodichloromethane, chloroform and bromoform) is 0.08 mg/L or less.
The concentration of haloacetic acids (HAA5, sum of chloroacetic, dichloroacetic, trichloroacetic, bromoacetic and dibromoacetic acids) is 0.06 mg/L or less.
W02 DRINKING WATER QUALITY
2 Thresholds for Organics and Pesticides
Option 1: Drinking water quality report by municipality within last year (pesticides 2/8 & contaminants 3/10)
Option 2: On-site testing - unbiased prof/ pest&cont in dispensers
Feature W03 Precondition
Basic Water Management-
parts 2
Part 1
Monitor Chemical and Biological Water Quality
Part 2
Implement Legionella Management Plan
W03 Basic Water Management
Part 1
Monitor Chemical and Biological Water Quality tested (min.) and submitted annually for (5)
1 Turbidity.
2 pH.
3 Residual (free) chlorine.
4 Total coliforms, only if residual chlorine is below detection limits.
5 Any other water parameter found at 80% or above its threshold listed in W02 Part 1, as stated in the Final WELL Report or in subsequent annual sampling.
W03 Basic Water Management
Part 2
Implement Legionella Management Plan
1: Legionella plan development
2: Legionella plan implementation
Feature W04 Enhanced Water Quality
deals with (aim)
part 1
aesthetics and taste concerns.
-provide access to drinking water without unpleasant taste, odor and appearance.
- Meet Thresholds for Drinking Water Taste (1 point)
The water treatment system to address nuisance chemicals (2)
filtration with carbon media and reverse osmosis
Feature W04
Enhanced Water Quality
Meet Thresholds for Drinking Water Taste (1 point)
9+2
Aluminum ≤ 0.2 mg/L.
Chloride ≤ 250 mg/L. Copper ≤ 1 mg/L. Manganese ≤ 0.05 mg/L
Iron ≤ 0.3 mg/L.
Silver≤ 0.1 mg/L. Sodium ≤ 270 mg/L. Sulfate ≤ 250 mg/L. Sulfide ≤ 0.05 mg/L. Zinc ≤5 mg/L. Total Dissolved Solids (TDS) ≤ 500 mg/L. Free Chlorine ≤ 1.25 mg/L.
Verified by Performance Test