Hundreds of NYC cooling towers issued Legionella testing violations since last year – as plumbers union calls for new regulations

Source: New York Post

Hundreds of cooling towers around the Big Apple were dinged by health inspectors over issues relating to Legionella testing since last year, The Post has learned. 3 A water cooling tower that was found to have traces of legionella pneumophila bacteria in New York City. Getty Images Nearly 250 water cooling towers – more than half of which are in Manhattan – were issued violations after the health department found Legionella samples were “not collected, analyzed or results [were] not reported” to the health department, as mandated by law, since Jan.