Control and monitoring equipment
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Control and monitoring equipment

  4.10 The BWMS should incorporate control equipment that automatically monitors and adjusts necessary treatment dosages or intensities or other aspects of the BWMS of the vessel, which while not directly effecting treatment, are nonetheless required for proper administration of the necessary treatment.

  4.11 The control equipment should incorporate a continuous self-monitoring function during the period in which the BWMS is in operation.

  4.12 The monitoring equipment should record the proper functioning or failure of the BWMS.

  4.13 To facilitate compliance with regulation B-2, the control equipment should also be able to store data for at least 24 months, and should be able to display or print a record for official inspections as required. In the event the control equipment is replaced, means should be provided to ensure the data recorded prior to replacement remains available on board for 24 months.

  4.14 It is recommended that simple means be provided aboard ship to check on drift by measuring devices that are part of the control equipment, repeatability of the control equipment devices, and the ability to re-zero the control equipment meters.

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