COVID-19 Reopening of Buildings

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CWWA is pleased to release these two new guidance documents related to COVID-19 and the re-opening of buildings. We trust you will find them very relevant and helpful in your efforts to work with your local building owners and operators.

Part One is a General Guidance for Water Utilities (https://cwwa.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Re-Opening-Buildings-PARTONE_FINAL.pdf) and provides:

• advice on steps to take to prepare for increased flushing
• recommendations for distributing information to building owners
• guidance on communicating with the public and media – Use these as Speaking Notes for your Mayor and Council

Part Two is a FACT SHEET for Building Owners/Operators which:

• is intended for public distribution to building owners and operators
• provides general instruction for flushing and cleaning water systems
• directs to more detailed resources and guidance

Make this your own!

• This can go out as it is, but Utilities are encouraged to adapt this FACT SHEET to make it their own
• Add your own name and logo with ours or just use this as a basis for your own fact sheet. Honestly, we don’t care as long as the message is getting out there!
• Add any local direction that you can such as chlorine residual levels, temperatures
• Add local contacts and resources for your utility, local public health authority and provincial/territorial legislation
• We are distributing this in a ready-to-go pdf format as well as in MS Word so you can edit and adapt

Visit the CWWA website to download

We do hope you find these documents timely and helpful. More COVID-19 resources are available on our website at www.cwwa.ca

Canadian Water and Wastewater Association