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Cooling towers are tough by design. Day in and day out, they manage massive heat loads, support your HVAC or process systems, and generally keep things from going off the rails. However, even the toughest towers have limits. Sometimes, the issues start with a slight drop in performance. Other times, it’s more obvious, like a […]

If your building relies on a cooling tower to manage heat loads, you already understand the vital importance it plays in your HVAC or process cooling system.   However, what catches many facility teams off guard is how quickly problems can develop when cooling tower maintenance is overlooked. In regulated regions like New York and New […]

Most cooling tower performance problems do not start with the fan, the basin, or the pump. They start quietly inside the fill. When cooling tower fill becomes coated with scale, biofilm, or debris, heat transfer suffers first.  Energy use rises next. By the time comfort issues or system alarms appear, the damage is already underway. […]

The moment a hospital loses cooling, the clock starts ticking. Temperatures climb. Alarms trigger. Clinical staff scramble to protect patients, equipment, and sterile environments that cannot tolerate heat or system instability.  A cooling tower failure is an immediate operational threat with real safety consequences. And that threat is not hypothetical.  In 2025, a Legionnaires’ disease […]

Cooling towers do not fail all at once. They fail when a critical component starts slipping and no one intervenes in time. In many cases, that component is the motor.  When a cooling tower motor begins to lose efficiency, airflow drops quietly at first. Heat rejection suffers. Energy demand rises. By the time alarms or […]

In New York City, a cooling tower can quietly become a public health risk long before anyone notices a problem. When Legionella bacteria go unchecked, the consequences escalate quickly. This puts tenants at risk, triggers enforcement actions, and places property managers under immediate scrutiny. And that risk is not theoretical. According to the CDC, reported […]

When scale, sludge, bacteria, and debris start to build up inside your cooling tower, your system has to work much harder. The more it collects, the less efficient your cooling tower becomes and the more wear it puts on the equipment. A study reported by the National Library of Medicine found that 60-80% of all […]

If your cooling tower could talk, the first warning sign would likely be rising energy bills. Cooling towers depend on clean, well-managed water to operate safely and efficiently. Without proper cooling tower water treatment and maintenance, systems face scale buildup, corrosion, biofilm, and the risk of Legionella, all of which reduce heat transfer and drive […]

As someone responsible for the system, you already know how fast small issues can grow into major problems. Something as normal as an abrupt water flow or a clogged section of fill can raise energy use and push connected equipment harder than it should work. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention notes that many […]

You can’t see it, smell it, or detect it without testing, yet Legionella can multiply rapidly in the background of a cooling tower system. Legionella bacteria are a well-known threat in building water systems, especially where warm water and airflow intersect. Cooling towers, which remove heat through evaporative cooling, can unintentionally create the perfect setting […]