While once-through cooling was a common feature at many power plants in the last century, environmental regulations regarding intake and discharge issues have basically forced a transition to cooling ...

As New York City battles another deadly outbreak of Legionnaires' disease, facilities with cooling towers across the city are ramping up cleaning and maintenance. Clarity Water is among the companies ...

Goodway Technologies is offering tips to building and facility managers on how to protect and maintain cooling towers, which are a common source of infectious bacteria growth such as Legionella. In ...

Officials are awaiting results of a Legionella test after crews were called in for an emergency cleaning at a cooling tower in the South Bronx. The Office of Emergency Management ordered the cleaning ...

THE BACTERIA. WE’RE LEARNING MORE ABOUT THE REASONS HEALTH OFFICIALS WANTED THIS WEEKEND’S OKTOBERFEST MOVED OUT OF NORTH CENTRAL MARSHALL TOWN. THAT’S THE EPICENTER OF THIS LEGIONELLA OUTBREAK. SOME ...

No building should make people sick; however, because of poor maintenance and cleaning efforts, the water in cooling towers can serve as the breeding ground for a variety of bacteria. One such ...

Waste reduction and process efficiencies are key for companies wanting smoother operations. As various industries, including power generation, seek ways to improve operational efficiency, cooling ...

There are now eight people who have died in a Legionnaires' disease outbreak in the south Bronx. Cooling towers in the five buildings where the bacteria that causes the disease was detected are being ...

Open cooling towers expose process cooling water to the atmosphere, typically as part of a chiller system loop (see Figure 1). These open towers use an efficient, simple, and economical design. All ...