Does your building have a water-cooling tower? Since these towers provide conditions favourable to the growth of Legionella pneumophila, a bacterium that causes Legionnaires’ disease (legionellosis), owners must have a comprehensive preventive maintenance program. This is a mandatory regulatory requirement for buildings throughout Quebec.
When can Lab’Eau-Air-Sol help with your cooling tower maintenance program?
- You would like a cost estimate for maintenance of your water-cooling tower, industrial air conditioner or water-cooling system.
- You want to establish a comprehensive cooling tower maintenance program, including strategies to minimize the risk of growth of Legionella pneumophila
- You need a recognized laboratory in Québec to analyse water samples quickly and accurately, with qualified experts working to applicable standards.
To comply with the provisions governing the maintenance of water-cooling tower installations in force since July 12, 2014, tower owners must have a comprehensive maintenance program. The program must include start-up, shutdown, cleaning and decontamination procedures, along with measures to control corrosion, scaling and the accumulation of organic matter.
It must also contain a detailed cooling tower diagram identifying the sampling point used to assess the concentration of Legionella pneumophila, the chemical injection point and the various system components.
When developing your maintenance plan, a LAB’EAU-AIR-SOL professional establishes control strategies to maintain the efficiency of your installations while minimizing the risk of growth of Legionella pneumophila.
Under the applicable regulations, the program must be reviewed when:
- The last review was five years ago;
- The decontamination procedure has been used;
- A change to the system or to the water quality maintenance procedure affects the existing program.