NAS prepares to examine Legionella in drinking water systems

The National Academy of Sciences (NAS) is preparing to launch a study sponsored by EPA and others on preventing and controlling Legionella in water systems, following an “unprecedented” outbreak of Legionnaires' disease during the Flint, MI, water crisis and EPA's determination in 2016 that its Legionella drinking water rule is a candidate for revision. The ad hoc NAS panel, chaired by Joan Rose of Michigan State University, is scheduled to hold its first meeting Feb. 8 to...