Boil Water Advisories: Managing Pathogen Risk in Buildings By Hilary Nardone, MPH, Environmental Group Training Manager Certified ASSE 12080 Legionella Water Safety and Management Specialist Municipal Water Utilities or local health officials may issue boil water advisories when bacteria such…
3 Steps for Legionella Bacteria Control in Cooling Towers in Periods of Extreme Weather By Hilary Nardone, MPH, Environmental Group Training Manager Certified ASSE 12080 Legionella Water Safety and Management Specialist This summer, intense weather has been bearing down on…
California Considering Requiring Water Management Programs for Legionella bacteria control By Hilary Nardone, Environmental Group Training Manager Certified ASSE 12080 Legionella Water Safety and Management Specialist In February 2022, California State Senator Scott Wiener introduced SB1144, a bill focusing on…
Legionella Bacteria Sampling & Risk Minimization Codified into Illinois’ Registry of Rules By Hilary Nardone, Environmental Group Training Manager Certified ASSE 12080 Legionella Water Safety and Management Specialist In the most recent weekly update to Illinois’ Registry of Rules of…
What Legionella Bacteria Levels Trigger a Response per CDC? Part 3 of a 3-Part Series of interpreting the CDC’s latest Legionella bacteria sampling guidance By Hilary Nardone, Environmental Group Training ManagerCertified ASSE 12080 Legionella Water Safety and Management Specialist Image via CDC Whenever…
Part 2 of a 3-Part Series of interpreting the CDC’s latest Legionella bacteria sampling guidance By Hilary Nardone, Environmental Group Training ManagerCertified ASSE 12080 Legionella Water Safety and Management Specialist Image via CDC In addition to recommending routine environmental Legionella sampling, the CDC’s “Toolkit for Controlling Legionella in Common…
Part 1 of a 3-Part Series of interpreting the CDC’s latest Legionella bacteria sampling guidance By Hilary Nardone, Environmental Group Training Manager Certified ASSE 12080 Legionella Water Safety and Management Specialist Implementing a Water Management Program (WMP) at your facility…
By Hilary Nardone, Environmental Group Training Manager Certified ASSE 12080 Legionella Water Safety and Management Specialist The Legionella Communications Factsheet: A Guide for Health Agency Staff has been recently published by the Association of State and Territorial Health Officials (ASTHO) and the Association of…
By Hilary Nardone, Environmental Group Training Manager Certified ASSE 12080 Legionella Water Safety and Management Specialist In August 2021, ASHRAE released an updated version of Standard 188: Legionellosis Risk Management for Building Water Systems. While a majority of the content…
One aspect of summer that is ubiquitous among vacationers and “stay-cationers” alike is the use of swimming pools and hot tubs. Although relaxing to visit, if recreational water sources are not properly treated, they can be sources of dangerous waterborne opportunistic…