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Hospital Discovers Cure for Chronically Dirty Cooling Towers

From LAKOS Separators and Filtration Systems
 

 

The maintenance staff at Deaconess Hospital in Oklahoma City, OK was devoting as much as 60 man hours each year just cleaning the cold water basins of its 7-cell cooling tower. According to Ray Smith, Central Plant Manager, sometimes there would be a couple of inches of mud in the basins alone. It would take two
men eight hours to shovel out and power wash a single cell. Each time the cleaning crew would have to wear face masks and protective
clothing to prevent any exposure to Legionella.

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