2026 NYC Cooling Tower Regulations Overview

This session will provide an overview of key changes, including Registration and Legionella sampling requirements.
About this Event

The NYC Health Department invites you to join us in-person on Thursday August 20, 2026 for a presentation on the updates to Chapter 8 and what the changes mean for cooling tower compliance.

This session will provide an overview of key changes and an opportunity to ask questions about:

• Updated Legionella sampling requirements

• Registration Requirements
• Annual Maintenance Program and Plan (MPP) certification

• Startup and Shutdown reporting

• Onsite recordkeeping expectations

• Enforcement changes.

Agenda
Updates to be covered

Info: The presentation will clarify recordkeeping requirements and the updated Legionella sampling schedule, new annual certification of the Maintenance Program and Plan (MPP) and valve schedule, reporting startup, operation, and shutdown dates to the Health Department, and Qualified Person reporting of Legionella test dates. The presentation will also review revised corrective actions for bacteriological results under Table 8-2 and explain the Improper Water Treatment violation.