The term cooling tower means a cooling tower, evaporative condenser, fluid cooler or other wet cooling device that is capable of aerosolizing water, and that is part of, or contains, a recirculated water system and is incorporated into a building’s cooling process, an industrial process, a refrigeration system, or an energy production system.

New Statewide regulations require the registration, testing, inspection and certification of cooling towers.  There are over 600 cooling towers registered within Monroe County.

Program Highlights

• Respond to inquiries regarding cooling towers.
• Accept required notifications from cooling tower operators within Monroe County.

Online Information

• NYS Cooling Tower Registration
• Preparing to Register a Cooling Tower
• NY Subpart 4-1 Cooling Towers
• NYS Legionnaires' Disease and Legionella Information
• Contact Information for NYS Cooling Tower Program
• NYS Dept of Environmental Conservation - Cooling Tower & Pesticide Applications
• ASHRAE Bookstore Link to 188-2015 Legionellosis: Risk Management for Building Water Systems
• CDC - Developing a Water Management Plan for the Prevention of Legionella Growth and Spread in Buildings
• View Public Data for NY State Cooling Towers

Notification of Local Health Department

If you represent the owner of a cooling tower and wish to notify Monroe County of a Legionella test in excess of 1000 cfu, the following information should be sent by email to two email addresses: [email protected] and [email protected]

• Concentration (cfu/ml)
• Unique cooling tower equipment identification number (UID);
• Date of Legionella culture sample;
• Date of Legionella culture result;
• Name and contact information of individual making report ;
• Address of building/cooling tower; and
• Brief statement of corrective actions taken.