Delta Unveils Antimicrobial Cooling Tower to Combat Legionella
Reduces the risk of propagation of cooling tower-borne pathogens
ROXBURY TWP., N.J. — Legionella, the bacteria that causes potentially fatal Legionnaires’ disease, and other strains of pathogens that can be hosted by cooling towers, can now be substantially reduced by the development of a new antimicrobial cooling tower introduced by Delta Cooling Towers.
Delta, which manufactures high-density polyethylene (HDPE) plastic cooling towers, now offers a line of towers constructed of antimicrobial resin that is fully compounded into the base cooling tower material. This antimicrobial resin contains additives that operate on a cellular level to continuously disrupt and prevent uncontrolled growth of microorganisms and biofilm within the cooling tower. Efficacy tests were performed by Special Pathogens Laboratory.