Product Assessed: – Balancing Valve
Assessment
The WaterMark Administration advises it has reviewed a risk assessment submitted for the above mentioned product. The product is a static balancing valve for flow balancing in cooling, heating or process water systems and domestic hot water systems.
The WaterMark Administration verifies that the risk assessment for the static balancing valve has identified risks requiring mitigation through the WaterMark Certification Scheme.
Outcome
The Risk Assessment identified the overall risk rating being medium for the nominated health and safety consequences incidences. In accordance with the Manual for the WaterMark Certification Scheme, Appendix 3, Table D, any product with an overall risk rating of medium requires WaterMark Certification.
Approved WaterMark Conformity Assessment Bodies will now need to evaluate these products to the most applicable specification. If the identified risks are unable to be satisfactorily addressed through an existing Specification, then a new, or amended Specification shall be proposed. A submission to the ABCB shall be undertaken in accordance with the Manual for the WaterMark Certification Scheme, Appendix 4, Protocol for Developing Product Specifications.
Issued
27 February 2019.
