So far, one person is dead and ten others have been infeted with the Legionnaire's Disease in the Onondaga Hill area. Community General Hospital was already disinfecting its two cooling towers, long before the water samples taken tested positive for Legionella bacteria.
Richard Woltman, Service Manager at Water Treatment Services says that there is no guaranteeing that all bacteria can be eliminated from a cooling tower, regular bromine treatment minimizes the levels and effects of bacteria.
"You keep a low dose leves of of these bromine in the cooling towers and then weekly or bi-weekly or once a month add a secondary product to kill off resistant strains of bacteria," says Woltman.
No new cases have been reported since Community General disinfected its two colling towers.
For more information on Legionnaire's Disease, please visit the Onondaga County Health department site on http://www.ongov.net/
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