RETEGO Labs: Bacterial Risk Entering Commercial Buildings After COVID Vacancy
This decline in quality has been traced to stagnant water in the buildings.
- This decline in quality has been traced to stagnant water in the buildings.
- Recent testing by RETEGO Labs has confirmed dangerously high bacterial levels (>106 cfu/mL, gross contamination) within building plumbing systems.
- Although certain bacteria are always present in municipal water, they are typically controlled by the residual chlorine in the citys distribution system.
- In unused and under-used buildings, stagnant organic material and bacteria can rapidly overcome residual chlorine and allow the growth of biofilm that harbors pathogens.