Our Work Consensus/Advisory Activity Management of Legionella in Water Systems

Management of Legionella in Water Systems

Completed

Topics

Infrastructure and the Built Environment

Legionella is a bacterium found in drinking water distribution systems, premise plumbing, hot tubs, hot water heaters, cooling towers, fountains, and other building water systems. At high enough concentrations and when inhaled, Legionella can Legionnaire's Disease, a fatal disease when not treated with antibiotics. An ad hoc committee of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine will review the state of science with respect to Legionella contamination of water systems.

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Events

Management of Legionella in Water Systems

October 22 - 23, 2018

Past

We invite you to join the open session of our fourth committee meeting. At the meeting we will hear from the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (DVA) on implementation of their 2014 directive. We wil...

Meetings

Management of Legionella in Water Systems - Follow Up Event

December 10, 2020
10:00 AM - 2:00 PM (EST)

Meeting
Past

This ad hoc meeting of the committee featured expanded discussion of the report’s recommendations related to environmental monitoring. Topics discussed included: Pros and cons of monitoring for Legio...