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                 IGEM ISSUES RECOMMENDATIONS FOR



                 LOW SUPPLY WORKING PRACTICES







                 IGEM Technical Officer Peter Hurst explains how you can           fit for use with the majority of gas
                 submit your comments on the recommendations                       appliances currently on the market.
                                                                                     “However, it has acknowledged that
                                                                                   over recent years there has been a
                 IGEM’S LOW PRESSURE Supply         Following a series of cross-industry   progressive increase in the capacity
                 Working Group is seeking         meetings, IGEM’s Low Pressure    of domestic boilers. The major reason
                 industry comment on a number of   Supply Working Group has concluded   for this is the increase in the average
                 recommendations designed to address   that low pressure is not a widespread   net heat input of domestic boilers
                 the root cause of low supply issues on   issue and that the design of the   being supplied, largely driven by the
                 domestic gas supplies.           UK distribution network remains   requirement for instant hot water



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        IGEMNews_TechnicalLowPressure.indd   1                                                                    18/07/2019   16:29
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