Despite previous deadly Legionnaires’ disease outbreaks, union representatives say there is a shocking lack of preventive oversight in New York City’s infrastructure.
UA Plumbers Local 1 representatives warn that domestic water systems supplying NYC cooling towers with water also need to be tested, and not just rooftop cooling towers.
“Why not test domestic water so when cooling towers get cleaned out on one of those properties, there’s also testing going on for the domestic water,” Local 1 Business Manager Paul O’Connor told The Epoch Times.
“Why not just close the whole loop on this?”
The charge comes amid a rapidly escalating Legionnaires’ disease outbreak on the Upper East Side, where the number of buildings ordered to disinfect their cooling towers more than doubled to 76 this week….