Recently, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 7 issued an emergency order under the Safe Drinking Water Act to the City of Humboldt, Nebraska, for drinking water at a nursing home and assisted living facility. This was the result of an ongoing Legionella outbreak in the facility's water system that has caused related illnesses and fatalities. - - According to the agency: Legionella bacteria can cause sickness and death through two forms of Legionellosis, Pontiac feve...Read the full story at https://www.webwire.com/ViewPressRel.asp?aId=324215
