Category Archives: Legal Corner

Building Water Flushing Guidance Recently AWWA published a document: https://www.awwa.org/Portals/0/AWWA/Government/20201001FrameworkforBuildingManagersFINALDistCopy.pdf For building facilities personnel and contractors I believe my document is the most useful. https://legionellae.org/wp-content/uploads/Chapter-3-Developing-a-Building-Potable-Water-System-Flushing-Program-5-18.pdf Tim Keane Consultant Legionella Risk Management, Inc. Effective Engineering Solutions to Engineering System Pathogens www.legionellae.org E-Mail: expert@legionellae.org   CDC Building Water Flushing Guidance Given that you as a water supplier […]

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is publishing a paper estimating the annual impact of waterborne diseases in the United States. Water utilities should be prepared for the possibility of media inquiries resulting from the study, particularly related to Legionella and other biofilm-associated pathogens. The paper, “Estimate of Burden and Direct Healthcare Cost of […]

  Subject Line: NSF-WHIRL survey – PA-AWWA leading the way!   Email to PA-AWWA members: A research program, Water, Health Infrastructure Resilience and Learning (WHIRL) funded by the National Science Foundation is exploring interdependencies between water and health systems.  The project is led by Wayne State University in collaboration with other academic institutions, the Water Research […]

Don’t Get Left Out in the Cold: Enhance Winter Weather Resilience with Mitigation By: Gabrielle Minton, Physical Scientist, U.S. EPA   The services provided by drinking water and wastewater utilities are vital to the health and resilience of a community. However, extreme winter weather, including floods, blizzards, and ice storms, can present challenges to maintaining […]

Last Call: Apply for Project Accelerator to Jumpstart Your Water Program Promotional Information for Outreach Partners_Project Accelerator Fall 2020 WaterNow is currently accepting applications for our fall round of Project Accelerator, and we would greatly appreciate it if you would be willing to spread the word! We want to ensure that local water leaders in […]