The Department of Environment and Urban Quality and special device activated against Legionella using all possible means for the prevention of legionellosis.
The device includes preventive measures on the one hand to eliminate the bacteria from ponds and fountains of our parks and gardens and on the other to reduce the risk of spread.
These measures are:
Thorough cleaning and disinfection of the sources, who already have a special cladding against bacteria, in addition to special teams automatic filtering and chlorination to prevent this bacteria to surface.
For irrigation water is used UV-treated, extracted directly from municipal wells.
Increased technical inspections of the City on the microbiological quality of water.
In the various sources that exist in the municipality have been canceled for the geysers, so, there is no water spray which is the main transmitter of legionella.
In addition to these actions, watering gardens and medians are held at night.
This measure, in addition to preventing the proliferation of Legionella, water saving as it reduces evaporation.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Murcia