About the Author Loraine A. Huchler, P. E., CMC is a chemical engineer with an insider's view of manufacturing and commercial operations. Her work as a consultant has provided insight into the challenges to remain competitive in industrial operations, especially refining and petrochemical.
She is an acknowledged expert in industrial and commercial water quality with numerous publications, including a book, "Operating Practices in Industrial Water Management, Influent Water Systems," the first of a four book series. Ms Huchler is licensed as a professional engineer in New Jersey and Maryland and is a certified management consultant. She currently authors a quarterly column, HPIn Water Management, in "Hydrocarbon Processing," published by Gulf Publishing, Houston, TX.
Her firm, MarTech Systems, is an engineering consulting firm that specializes in assisting managers and operations personnel in managing risk, including risk of equipment failure, exposure to legionella in operating plants and lost profits and productivity in water utility systems such as clarifiers, demineralizers, reverse osmosis units, boilers, cooling towers and wastewater treatment systems.
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First, understand that the risk is real, and that facilities have a responsibility to create a strategy to minimize the risks of L. pneumophila proliferation. That strategy should focus on good operating practices, specifically with respect to maintaining good control of bacteria populations.
A little background about bacteria: There are two types of bacteria in cooling [...]
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