cooling tower annual audit process by John A. Herbert

EMSD COOLING TOWER AUDIT

Hong Kong

By John A. Herbert

Background

There are approximately 9,000 cooling towers in Hong Kong.

The EMSD Code of Practice for Water-cooled Air Conditioning Systems Part 2: Operation and Maintenance of Cooling Towers [ PDF link] requires an independent audit for Hong Kong Cooling Tower installations.

Annual independent audits of operation and maintenance records of cooling tower systems shall be carried out by an independent and competent auditor.

-- EMSD Code of Practice part 2, Jan 2007 edition, Clause 4.3.1

Annual Audit Procedure

Cooling Tower Auditor Duties

auditors to carry out the following tasks:a) Inspection on the validity of O&M manual, up-to-date water

quality records, maintenance report and log book;

b) Visual inspection of cooling tower system operating conditions;

c) Risk and operational problem identification;

d) Recommendation on remedial actions required;

e) Preparation of audit report;

f) Report and explain the conditions of the system to the system owner; and

g) Submit annual audit report to EMSD.

On-site inspection

EMSD checking Cooling Towers

EMSD conduct Legionella water sampling, and public notice for towers with excessive legionella are issued, refer to emsdwebsite:

EMSD checking Cooling Towers

http://www.emsd.gov.hk/filemanager/en/content_646/Building_List_CT_NN.pdf

Kelcroft E&M Limitedunit 18, 5/F, Hope Sea Industrial Centre

26 Lam Hing StreetKowloon Bay, Hong Kong

phone: +852 2335 9830fax: +852 2335 9862

www.kelcroft.com.hk

Kelcroft

John A. HerbertBEAM Professional, REA