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Crewe and Nantwich Borough Council ceased to exist on April 1st 2009 when its services and responsibilities transferred to Cheshire East Council. This website is available for information only.

Cooling Towers and Evaporative Condensers

Cooling Tower
 
All premises where cooling towers and evaporative condensers are situated must register with the Council under The Notification of Cooling Towers and Evaporative Condensers Regulations 1992.  The Council should also be notified if the unit is decommissioned and/or disinfected, or where there is a change in owner (within one month of this occurring).
 
Cooling towers and evaporative condensers are often linked to outbreaks of legionnaires disease.  Legionnaires disease is a pneumonia type illness, caused by the bacteria, Legionella pneumophila.  The bacterium is carried in small water droplets and is commonly found in poorly maintained cooling towers.
 
Operators of cooling towers and evaporative condensers should ensure there is a programme of maintenance for the system, including cleaning and disinfecting regimes.
 
Registering a cooling tower or evaporative condenser
 
Please contact us if you wish to register a cooling tower or evaporative condenser, or notify us of any changes to an existing registration.
 
E-mail: mailto:ienvironmental.health@crewe-nantwich.gov.uk
Phone: 01270 537415
Cooling towers or evaporative condensers within the Borough of Crewe and Nantwich
Click here for a list of those premises within the Borough operating/containing a cooling tower and/or evaporative condenser.
 
Further information about Legionnaires' disease can be found on the Health & Safety Executive (HSE)