The State Department of Health is providing free Legionella testing kits until the beginning of October 2015. Cooling tower owners may obtain a test kit by emailing the NYS Department of Health or by calling the department’s Legionella Call Center at 888-769-7243
The regulation applies to all owners of cooling towers, evaporative condensers or fluid coolers that are part of a recirculated water system incorporated into a building’s cooling, industrial process, refrigeration or energy production system. The new regulations are intended to protect the public’s health by preventing community outbreaks of Legionnaires’ disease