Post-Webinar Resource Hub

Water Safety During Healthcare Construction

Applying ICRA, WICRA, and Water Management Principles

Thank you to everyone who joined the webinar. We hope this session clarified the impact of construction and renovation on building water systems, how existing risk management frameworks fit together, and how facilities can better verify water safety before returning spaces to use.

On this page, you’ll find:

• The full webinar replay
• A summary of the session
• A downloadable PDF of the presentation slides
• WICRA and ICRA 2.0 worksheets

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Session Overview

Healthcare construction, renovation, plumbing changes, phased occupancy, and external infrastructure work can all affect building water conditions. Shutdowns, tie-ins, valve work, new fixtures, low-use areas, equipment replacement, and reopening activities may change how water moves, how long it sits, what it contacts, and where exposure occurs.

This session explained how existing frameworks can work together to support project-related water risk management. ICRA and ICRA 2.0 help identify construction-related environmental risks, WICRA-type assessment focuses attention on water sources, exposure pathways, patient susceptibility, and program preparedness, and the Water Management Program carries those findings into operational controls, monitoring, corrective action, documentation, and review.

The discussion also addressed practical execution before, during, and after construction. We defined how to prioritize outlets and water-fed equipment based on population served, exposure pathway, operational criticality, low use, disruption history, and control instability; how to match controls to the risk condition; and where point-of-use microbiological filtration may provide added exposure reduction at selected high-priority locations.

Do You Have a Question About Managing Water Safety During Construction?

If you have questions about how construction, renovation, plumbing work, water-fed equipment changes, or return-to-use decisions should connect to your Water Management Program, the Nephros team can help.

We are available to help teams evaluate project-related water risk, clarify how ICRA, WICRA-type assessment, WMP review, and commissioning activities fit together, identify appropriate controls for affected outlets or equipment, and support practical education for facilities, infection prevention, construction, and water management stakeholders.

Contact us to set up a conversation or arrange additional training.