Legionnaires’ disease is a serious form of pneumonia caused by Legionella bacteria that grows in a building water system and becomes aerosolized.

The webinar will focus on how digital mixing valves enable engineers, designers, and facility managers to directly measure, monitor, and deliver safer hot water through domestic water systems.

In 2018, ASHRAE published a revised edition of Standard 188, which designers and building operators can use to help establish water management plans specific to the systems in particular buildings, campuses or health care facilities.

The course will feature in-depth information on Legionella and water supply systems, backflow issues and several other important plumbing subjects.

Eliminating tempered water for public handwashing facilities can result in a Legionella outbreak.

The new standard will reference ASHRAE 188 for control of the Legionella bacteria.

To ensure the health and safety of building occupants, proper design, installation and operation of a potable water system are paramount. Plumbing designers can play an important role in this process.

The ramifications of the Flint, Mich., water crisis continues to spread more than two years after the city was thrust into the national spotlight because of lead contamination in its drinking water. What happened in Flint was a tragedy but it also accelerated a larger trend around municipal water.