Cooling Towers: Being In Compliance Has Never Been Easier

The recipe for obtaining consistent ZERO cooling tower violations will be unraveled below.

Hiring water treatment vendors to assist with a building(s) preventative maintenance (water treatment services) has been a long standing business. However, after the 2015 Bronx - Legionella outbreak, a number of cooling tower consultancies expanded their services and even new consultancies (NYC-CTIS, etc.,) were created in response to a newly implemented (2016) NYC cooling tower regulation.

Time has proven that one of the most effective ways to protect your business from unnecessary cooling tower violations is to hire an independent cooling tower consultant to work in tandem with a trusted water treatment vendor. The following are 3 reasons as to why this relationship (consultant and water treatment vendor) is effective:

1st Reason: Cooling tower compliance and all associated responsibilities are physical hardships; hardships that are best shared. In our typical building compliance program, our consultants are flexible, local, and work closely with the water treatment vendor. Our consultants' relationship with water treatment vendors is quite unique in that we have on-going conversations with the water treatment vendors' owner and/or main representative to discuss and mediate ALL cooling tower issues for the building staff and management company.

2nd Reason: Adding a cooling tower consultancy to your building's overall water treatment program adds a significant layer of extra protection and objectivity to an organization. When a cooling tower consultancy is involved in a building, the following cooling tower responsibilities are absorbed by the consulting firm:

a) Cooling tower compliance inspections

b) Legionella testing

c) Development of the cooling tower maintenance program and plan (including renewals)

d) Annual Certification

e) Provide electronic platform for records keeping

3rd Reason: The cooling tower - compliance resources available to your legionella management team are comprehensive with one water treatment vendor on board. However, when your building also invests with a cooling tower consultant, then your building's legionella management team has chosen to maximize the possibility of being proactive in identifying and addressing potential cooling tower issues. More importantly, the right water treatment - cooling tower compliance relationship will bring safety, compliance, and cost-savings.