In January 2019, Brentwood Borough Council were subject to a Health and Safety Executive (HSE) review into all compliance areas.  As part of this review, we were found to be effectively managing the risk across all areas of compliance but had areas requiring improvement in relation to Water Hygiene Management.

The Housing Department began working alongside the HSE to improve our compliance, taking advice and guidance from them on what was required to improve our compliance management.

One main area of focus was the request to implement a written procedure for managing Water Hygiene which is available to the whole housing department.  In June 2019, the Council implemented a Water Hygiene Management standard which was approved for use by the Senior Leadership Team.  It was agreed that this standard would become the baseline for our management with a full policy being taken to a future appropriate committee following completion of the HSE review.

A motion was MOVED by Cllr Hossack and SECONDED by Cllr Mrs Pearson to agree the recommendations in the report.

Following a discussion a vote was taken by a show of hands and it was

RESOLVED UNANIMOUSLY that

Members are asked to approve the Housing Water Hygiene Policy.

Reasons for Recommendation

To ensure that the Housing Department has documentation to support the delivery of their Water Hygiene Management processes and procedures and to comply with HSG 274.