oxygen control – combining the correct use of oxygen scavengers with mechanical deaeration – prevents pitting corrosion in steam systems.
Commenting for Deep Water Blue, senior water treatment consultant Wendy Liston says:“ When operators understand why water chemistry matters, they move from reactive maintenance to confident, preventative control, strengthening safety, efficiency and long-term resilience.”
Delegates learn how to recognise developing problems, interpret test results and challenge external contractors where necessary, protecting both assets and energy budgets. Deep Water Blue delivers the training at dedicated centres, customer sites and online, providing flexible access for NHS trusts, universities, manufacturing plants and other critical facilities.
In fact, recent programmes have seen over 70 personnel complete CEA steam boiler water training through Deep Water Blue, supported by interactive classroom and virtual formats.
Lessons from NHS, education and manufacturing sites As Wendy explains, delivering steam boiler water treatment training across NHS, education and
manufacturing environments has highlighted an important truth.“ While operational pressures differ, the fundamental challenges are remarkably similar. Testing is usually taking place, chemical dosing systems are installed and logbooks are being completed, but the underlying“ why” is often missing. Engineers may know the target range for TDS or pH, yet feel uncertain about trend analysis, root causes or corrective action.” says Wendy.
Where practical training is provided, confidence increases and management shifts from reactive response to proactive control, with increased efficiency in fuel, water and chemical consumption along with improvements in asset life and safe system operation. This mirrors the CEA’ s findings that the vast majority of boiler incidents stem from poor management of boiler water treatment, which makes focused, accredited training essential for duty holders.
Deep Water Blue’ s course was developed in partnership with the CEA to address this gap and is delivered in plain English so that operators and managers can apply what they learn immediately on site.
Proven training, ongoing support Having completed a BG04 training course delivered by Deep Water
Blue on behalf of the CEA, one NHS Estates Manager commented:“ The course covered a lot of information, delivered in concise chunks that were easy to absorb. The structure was clear, logical and effective, and it gave me the confidence to implement new testing techniques and to understand the importance of water treatment as an engineer and not as a chemist.”
Another participant from EDF Energy added:“ Very good, very informative. Gave us everything we could want. We learnt a lot.”
Deep Water Blue also supports organisations with pre-course introductory training, on-demand video learning and follow-up site visits, reinforcing skills and embedding robust boiler water management over time. This continuous approach helps clients achieve safe, efficient and compliant boiler operation while extending plant life and reducing the total cost of ownership.
Deep Water Blue has confirmed dates throughout 2026 for its twoday Steam Boiler Water Treatment courses, with all taking place at the company’ s Training & Technical Centre in Stevenage. Further information can be found at https:// www. deepwaterblue. co. uk / trainingcourses-competency /
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