Type of Facility
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Potential Hazard
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Sewage and industrial wastewater treatment plants and pumping
stations sewer flushers, etc.
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Sewage industrial wastewater, contaminated water, toxic chemicals,
etc.
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Paper manufacturing or processing, dye plants, petroleum processing,
printing plants, chemical manufacturing or processing, industrial
fluid systems, steam generation, rubber processing, tanneries.
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Toxic chemicals, water conditioning compounds; examples: toxic
dyes, acids, alkalies, solvents, quarternary ammonia compounds, mercury,
chromium, etc.
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Canneries, breweries, food processing, milk processing, ice
manufacturing, meat packers, poultry processing, rendering companies,
etc.
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Process water, steam, detergents acids, caustics, refrigeration
lines
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Hospitals, clinics, laboratories, veterinary hospitals, mortuaries,
embalmers, etc.
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Bacterial cultures, laboratory solutions, blood and tissue waste,
toxic materials, etc.
| |
Shipyards, marinas, etc.
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Seawater, sewage, contaminated water, etc.
| |
Metal-plating, photoprocessing, laundries, commercial car washes,
commercial refrigeration systems.
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Toxic chemicals, concentrated cleaning agents, solvents, etc.
Examples: dry-cleaning est. etc., cyanides, fluorides, copper, chromium,
caustic & acid solutions.
| |
Commercial greenhouses, spraying and irrigation systems using
weedicides herbicides, exterminators.
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Toxic chemicals. Examples: ammonium salts, phosphates, 2.4 D
sodium arsenate, lindane, malathion.
| |
Boiler systems, cooling towers or internal fire fighting systems
using conditioners, inhibitors, corrosion control chemical, etc.
|
Toxic chemicals. Examples: hydrazine, sodium compounds, antifreeze
solutions, etc.
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Typically: apartment buildings, cooling towers, and warehouses
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Type of Facility
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Potential Hazard
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Customer fire protection Loops, fire storage tanks.
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Stagnant water, objectionable tastes, odors.
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High temperature potable water.
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Objectionable temperatures.
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Utilization of food grade dyes.
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Objectionable color.
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Complex plumbing systems in Commercial buildings typically:
barber shops; beauty salons; churches; apartment buildings; gas stations;
supermarkets; nursing homes; construction sites; carnivals.
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Plumbing errors, obsolete plumbing equipment, poor plumbing
inspection/correction programs.
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Type of Facility
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Corrective Measures
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Private homes.
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None; rely on internal plumbing control.
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"Dry" commercial establishments without complex plumbing systems.
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