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 | Law on the Prevention and Combating of Infectious Human Diseases (Infektionsschutzgesetz - IfSG) |
| ArbStättV | Workplace Ordinance (Arbeitsstättenverordnung - ArbStättV) |
| TrinkwV | Regulation on the Quality of Water for Human Consumption (German Drinking Water Regulation -- TrinkW 2001) |
| DIN EN 806-1...4 | Technical Criteria for Installations inside Buildings Conveying Water for Human Consumption – German version of EN 806-1…4 |
| DIN EN 1717 | 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 |
| DIN 1988 1...8 | 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) |
| VDI 6023 Sheet 1 | Hygiene in drinking water supply systems – requirements on planning, execution, operation and maintenance |
| DVGW W 551 Info sheet | 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 |
| DVGW W 553 Info sheet | Dimensions of circulation systems in central drinking water heating systems |
| RKI | Ordinance on Hospital Hygiene and Infection Prevention Recommendations on Hand Hygiene |
| ZVSHK | German Sanitation, Heating and Air Conditioning Federation: procedure sheets and technical details for hydraulic pressure testing, start-up and hygiene |