DRINKING WATER INSPECTION SERVICES
There is an old saying that familiarity breeds contempt. A person may become so familiar with their own system, they may become so comfortable will all the faults inherent with the system. We do this will all aspects of our life, such as with our automobiles, and our computers, and even our relationships. This is when we need fresh eyes to ask why we haven't fixed that car window, or why is your computer so slow, or why aren't you talking to that old friend of yours.
Shaffers Engineering and Consulting provides drinking water inspection services. We review all components of your drinking water system, including your source, treatment, pumping, distribution, storage, operations and maintenance and management. We look for existing and potential problems that could cause catastrophic failure or contamination from chemical and microbiological sources. Our reports specifically outline any weaknesses in your system, along with the risk that they pose. We also include recommendations for resolving those risks to allow you to develop a plan to on how and when you want to resolve these risks. While a leaky storage tank poses a risk to the integrity of a system (the tank strength will slowly weaken over time), it does not pose an immediate risk such as a hole in a well casing into which a mouse could crawl in. Both are concerns, but the more immediate can be resolved quickly and inexpensively, while the other will take greater resources.
Our inspections also identify the strengths in your drinking water system to give you a more complete picture of your system. It is easy to get discourage when received inspection reports for you local regulator, but it is important to let your customers know that their drinking water system is serving their needs and will continue to do so for the future.
The drinking water regulatory community conducts inspections of drinking water systems every three to five years, but their inspections are not largely based on a general checklist that was put together to allow someone off the street to use. The inspector may little to nothing about wells, treatment, pumps, storage, etc. and they conduct these inspections based on what is on the checklist. And these checklists were develop to look at compliance with the minimum standards contained in the state drinking water rules. And the inspector cannot, or will not offer you recommendations for correcting the "problems" they find.
Our inspections also identify the strengths in your drinking water system to give you a more complete picture of your system. It is easy to get discourage when received inspection reports for you local regulator, but it is important to let your customers know that their drinking water system is serving their needs and will continue to do so for the future.
The drinking water regulatory community conducts inspections of drinking water systems every three to five years, but their inspections are not largely based on a general checklist that was put together to allow someone off the street to use. The inspector may little to nothing about wells, treatment, pumps, storage, etc. and they conduct these inspections based on what is on the checklist. And these checklists were develop to look at compliance with the minimum standards contained in the state drinking water rules. And the inspector cannot, or will not offer you recommendations for correcting the "problems" they find.