Consumers are being warned not to install DIY hoses and bidets during the global COVID-19 crisis, after an article titled “Australian Ingenuity Saves the Day Again” was published in the Sunday Mail (Courier Mail) on 5 April highlighting a DIY toilet conversion. The article states “with all the toilet nonsense going on at the moment,… Read more »

Water Management Society secretariat staff are currently not working from the Fazeley premises until further notice.This is due to the Government advice during the COVID-19 situation. Staff are working remotely from home to ensure that all business requirements that allow Water Management Society to function are in place. You can contact the Water Management Society… Read more »

The product contains chlorine dioxide – a chemical compound that the FDA has warned can be dangerous and make consumers ill. READ MORE…

Microbiologists at UofL have found that Legionella pneumophila uses a “tool” that allows it to thrive in an amoeba host and in human lung cells, but with very different results. In the amoeba, considered the bacterium’s natural host, it results in coexistence, making the amoeba host a suitable, safe home for the bacteria’s proliferation. In the human,… Read more »

The owners of Stoke Rochford Hall Hotel, near Grantham, have been fined a six-figure sum after a successful prosecution by South Kesteven District Council for breaches of health and safety regulations. READ MORE…

Fatal Case of Legionnaires’ Disease After Home Exposure to Legionella pneumophila Serogroup 3 — Wisconsin, 2018 READ MORE…

A new policy report, Electronic Registration Systems for Cooling Towers – Improving Public Health and Sustainability Outcomes, published by the Urban Sustainability Directors Network (USDN) proposes a standardized yet flexible template for cooling tower registries that are designed to improve health outcomes, address disparity in affected populations, and increase water and energy efficiency. FULL ARTICLE

A Legionnaires Disease outbreak occurred in Hong Kong between 1st – 29th February 2020 with seventeen (17) patients diagnosed with no fatality reported by CHP. The total number of cases reported by CHP is lower than 17 reported here because additional cases residing physically close (<1000m) to the Choi Hung MTR station and the Ngau… Read more »

Legionella is a type of bacterium found naturally in freshwater environments, lakes and streams. It can become a health concern when it grows and spreads in man-made plumbing systems. Cases of Legionnaires’ disease reached an all-time high in Switzerland: 582 cases were recorded in 2019. FULL ARTICLE

With a fourth case of COVID-19 announced in Illinois Monday, coronavirus continues to dominate headlines. But experts say there’s another, more common disease that ought to be getting more attention. FULL ARTICLE