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Part 4 - Legionella Basics and Prevention Programs

01/04/2018

final installment of our 4 part series covering Legionella and its prevention.

Part 3 - Legionella Basics and Prevention Programs

12/19/2017

In the third installment of the 4 part series covering Legionella basics and prevention, we will briefly review cooling tower water treatment methods designed to control Legionella. This is done by changing the conditions that are favorable for the bacterium’s growth.

Legionella Basics and Water Treatment Prevention (Part 1)

12/05/2017

This is the first part of a four-part series covering the basics of the bacterium Legionella and water treatment prevention methods for Legionella. This section will review the basics of Legionella.

Scale Inhibitor Programs

11/27/2017

Environmental Earthwise provides customized scale inhibitor programs for your specific system and its processes, allowing mineral scale and sludge prevention. Two examples of the types of contaminants that interfere with the overall process are mineral scales and sludge/organics.

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Water efficiency programs can reduce annual water, energy, chemical and sewer expense by as much as 30%.

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The average 500,000 square foot property has over $5 million of capital equipment to protect. Properly treated, the equipment and associated piping will have a life expectancy of 30 years.

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Galvanized steel cooling towers are particularly susceptible to “white rust” corrosion, which is prevented during equipment start-up by metal passivation.

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Legionella is found in all water systems. It is particularly worrisome in systems that atomize water. Our experience and control methodology are being employed at the two largest teaching hospitals in Chicago.

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