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P a r t II WATER AND WASTES C h a p t e r 9 Hot Water Domestic hot water (DHW) is hot water that is used for harmful bacterium Legionella pneumophila, which causes bathing, clothes washing, washing dishes, and many Legionnaire’s disease. Water heaters for high tempera- other things, but not for heating building spaces. Do- ture uses have larger heating units, but the tanks can mestic hot water is sometimes called building service be smaller because less cold water has to be mixed in. hot water in nonresidential uses. Sometimes, when a Some appliances, such as dishwashers, heat water at the well-insulated building uses very little water for space point of use. Codes may regulate or limit high water heating but uses a lot of hot water for other purposes, temperatures. a single large hot water heater supplies both. Lower temperatures are less likely to cause burns, but may be inadequate for sanitation. Lower tempera- ture water loses less heat in storage and in pipes, saving energy. Smaller heating units are adequate, but larger HOT WATER TEMPERATURES storage tanks are needed. Solar or waste heat recovery sources work better with lower temperature water Excessively hot water temperatures can result in scald-