{"id":36307,"date":"2026-05-28T00:17:53","date_gmt":"2026-05-28T00:17:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fader.de\/check-drinking-water-in-the-company-building-workplace-ordinance\/"},"modified":"2026-05-28T00:56:12","modified_gmt":"2026-05-28T00:56:12","slug":"check-drinking-water-in-the-company-building-workplace-ordinance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fader.de\/en\/check-drinking-water-in-the-company-building-workplace-ordinance\/","title":{"rendered":"Check drinking water in the company building (Workplace Ordinance)"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"36307\" class=\"elementor elementor-36307 elementor-36276\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-493b7be4 e-flex e-con-boxed cmsmasters-block-default e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"493b7be4\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6412f1ab cmsmasters-block-default cmsmasters-sticky-default elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6412f1ab\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>As an employer, you have a duty of care for your employees. This also includes the quality of drinking water in the workplace. This practical example shows how an inspection is planned and carried out in the company building.  <\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-19275fc5 cmsmasters-block-default cmsmasters-sticky-default elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"19275fc5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Initial situation<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5e0edc1f cmsmasters-block-default cmsmasters-sticky-default elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5e0edc1f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>As part of the duty of care under the German Workplace Ordinance (ArbSt\u00e4ttV), an employer wants to check whether the drinking water quality in the workplace is in order. Typical tapping points are tea kitchens, social rooms, washing areas, showers, drinking water dispensers or rarely used taps. <\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3af8a388 cmsmasters-block-default cmsmasters-sticky-default elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"3af8a388\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Procedure<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3fe6598c cmsmasters-block-default cmsmasters-sticky-default elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3fe6598c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>First, we record the use of the building, the number of tapping points and the type of hot water preparation. On this basis, we create an analysis concept. Depending on the tapping point and usage, microbiological parameters, chemical parameters or legionella are examined.  <\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3c18339c cmsmasters-block-default cmsmasters-sticky-default elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"3c18339c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Result<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6856038a cmsmasters-block-default cmsmasters-sticky-default elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6856038a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>You receive documentation in the form of an inspection report for occupational health and safety, building management and internal hygiene. If complaints are identified, we will support you in investigating the causes and carrying out follow-up inspections. <\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Drinking water testing in the workplace in accordance with ArbSt\u00e4ttV: How FADER records tapping points, draws up a concept and tests for microbiology, chemistry and<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_seowing_meta_title":"","_seowing_meta_description":"","_seowing_focus_keyword":"","_seowing_canonical_url":"","_seowing_robots":"","_seowing_robots_noindex":false,"_seowing_robots_nofollow":false,"_seowing_seo_score":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[142],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-36307","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-case-studies"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/fader.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36307","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/fader.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/fader.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fader.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fader.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=36307"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/fader.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36307\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/fader.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=36307"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fader.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=36307"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fader.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=36307"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}