Is anyone else having a problem getting warm enough and healthy domestic hot water coming through your taps? In my unit the hot water meets neither standard. It is:
- Lower than that recommended by dishwasher detergent manufacturers as the minimum to cause their detergents to work to clean dishes and kill bacteria.
- So low that a hot shower or a hot bath is impossible. Just a very unsatisfying "lukewarm."
- Of the exact temperature that breeds bacteria such as that which causes legionnaires disease.
I have written to the Board on this very serious safety concern but have never received an answer. I wonder why not.
Common Element or Maintenance Fees were frozen at a 0% increase this year, based on energy costs going DOWN! This, of course, is utter nonsense. The law of the land dictates that energy costs will continue to significantly increase over the next two decades because of recent government decisions.
I am wondering if our domestic hot water temperature is not being lowered to dangerous levels to "save" energy at the potential cost of our health. I don't know whether this is true or not but the decrease in the temperature and the silence on the matter by the Board puzzles me.
Further reading on this matter can be found at:
Canada Safety Council - Domestic Hot Water
Canadian Journal of Infectious Diseases
And many other credible web sites.
I am not happy with this situation. Is anyone? Elect me to the Board at the 2014 AGM and let's put these serious concerns behind us.
Peace
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