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Legionella Control and Water Hygiene Management

Cooling towers, hot water systems, spas and stored water in African hotels, hospitals and office towers can breed Legionella bacteria that cause severe and sometimes fatal pneumonia when aerosols are inhaled. This course builds a practical water hygiene programme to keep these systems under control. Participants learn to assess systems, set temperature and treatment regimes, and prove the risk is being managed.

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What you will be able to do

  • Explain how Legionella grows and reaches people through water systems.
  • Identify the cooling towers, calorifiers and stored water most at risk.
  • Conduct a water system risk assessment and asset schematic.
  • Set temperature, treatment and flushing regimes that control bacteria.
  • Plan sampling, monitoring and record keeping to prove control.
  • Assign responsibilities and respond when results exceed action levels.

Course outline

  1. 01Legionella, aerosols and health risk
  2. 02At risk water systems and assets
  3. 03Water system risk assessment and schematics
  4. 04Temperature, treatment and flushing control
  5. 05Cooling tower management
  6. 06Sampling, monitoring and records
  7. 07Roles, responsibilities and response to results

Who should attend

Facilities and building services managers, hospital and hotel engineers, maintenance supervisors and safety officers responsible for water systems.

Dates, venues and fees

DatesVenueDaysFeeCalendarRegister
13 to 14 Oct 2026Johannesburg2R10,000Register
14 to 15 Oct 2026Cape Town2R10,000Register
15 to 16 Oct 2026Durban2R10,000Register
19 to 20 Oct 2026Pretoria2R10,000Register
20 to 21 Oct 2026Windhoek2US$1,100Register
21 to 22 Oct 2026Gaborone2US$1,100Register
22 to 23 Oct 2026Maseru2US$1,100Register
26 to 27 Oct 2026Mbabane2US$1,100Register
27 to 28 Oct 2026Lusaka2US$1,100Register
28 to 29 Oct 2026Harare2US$1,100Register
29 to 30 Oct 2026Lilongwe2US$1,100Register
2 to 3 Nov 2026Blantyre2US$1,100Register
3 to 4 Nov 2026Mozambique2US$1,100Register
4 to 5 Nov 2026Nairobi2US$1,100Register
5 to 6 Nov 2026Dar es Salaam2US$1,100Register
9 to 10 Nov 2026Kigali2US$1,100Register
10 to 11 Nov 2026Kampala2US$1,100Register
11 to 12 Nov 2026Accra2US$1,100Register
12 to 13 Nov 2026Lagos2US$1,100Register
16 to 17 Nov 2026Cairo2US$1,100Register
17 to 18 Nov 2026Mauritius2US$1,100Register
18 to 19 Nov 2026Dubai2US$1,100Register
19 to 20 Nov 2026Online2US$900Register

Fees are per delegate. South African venues are priced in rand; other locations and online in US dollars. Fees exclude 15% VAT where applicable. Group bookings of three or more delegates from the same organisation qualify for a reduced rate; contact us for a quotation.

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