Legionella monitoring log
The water risk assessment is the part people do. The monitoring it asks for is the part that quietly stops.
No email address required. It is a file.
What it records
A scheme of control typically asks for sentinel outlet temperatures and for flushing of outlets that are little used. Both are recorded here because they are the routine evidence that the scheme is operating — and the out-of-range column is what turns a reading into a followed-up problem rather than a number in a book.
The columns
| Column | What goes in it |
|---|---|
| Date | When the check was made. |
| Outlet / asset | Which tap, shower, tank or calorifier. |
| Check type | Temperature, flush, or inspection. |
| Hot temp (°C) | Where a hot outlet was measured. |
| Cold temp (°C) | Where a cold outlet was measured. |
| Within range | Against the range your scheme of control sets. |
| Checked by | The person who did it. |
| Action taken | What was done about an out-of-range reading. |
This is a starting point, not a compliance document. What your organisation actually needs to record follows from your own risk assessment and from the arrangements you have in place; a template cannot know either. Nothing here is legal advice.
Or stop keeping it in a spreadsheet
A spreadsheet records what you type into it. It does not chase you when a week is missed, turn a duty amber when a check falls due, or raise an action from a failed reading — and it is not much use as evidence, because it can be edited afterwards without trace.