Planning a drinking water supply system
Standards and guidelines
List of the most important regulations with relevance to
the planning, construction and operation of drinking water supply
systems in the healthcare sector
IFSG
ArbStättV
TrinkwV
DIN EN 806-1...4
DIN EN 1717
DIN 1988 1...8
VDI 6023 Sheet 1
DVGW W 551 Info sheet
DVGW W 553 Info sheet
RKI
ZVSHK
Law on the Prevention and Combating of Infectious Human
Diseases (Infektionsschutzgesetz - IfSG)
Workplace Ordinance (Arbeitsstättenverordnung -
ArbStättV)
Regulation on the Quality of Water for Human Consumption
(German Drinking Water Regulation -- TrinkW 2001)
Technical Criteria for Installations inside Buildings
Conveying Water for Human Consumption – German version of
EN 806-1…4
Protection of Drinking Water Against Contamination in Drinking
Water Installations and General Requirements on Safety
Precautions Against Backflowrelated Contaminations of
Drinking Water - Technical Criteria of the DVGW; German
version of EN 1717:2000
Technical Criteria for Drinking Water Supply Systems (TRWI)
– Technical Criteria of the DVGW (Deutsche Vereinigung
des Gas- und Wasserfaches -- German Technical Association
for Gas and Water)
Hygiene in drinking water supply systems – requirements on
planning, execution, operation and maintenance
Drinking water heating systems and drinking water pipe
systems, technical measures to reduce legionella
growth; planning, installation, operation and renewal of
drinking water supply systems
Dimensions of circulation systems in central drinking water
heating systems
Ordinance on Hospital Hygiene and Infection
Prevention Recommendations on Hand Hygiene
German Sanitation, Heating and Air Conditioning Federation:
procedure sheets and technical details for hydraulic
pressure testing, start-up and hygiene