CLARKSBURG — In response to Legionella bacteria being found in the Louis A. Johnson VA Medical Center, the center will be hyperchlorinating their water system beginning today, authorities said.
Wesley Walls, public affairs officer for the VA medical center, said officials are taking active steps to monitor the water system to ensure its safety for the veterans, employees, visitors, and volunteers.
This is considered the Veterans Affairs Department’s recommended process for eliminating Legionella, he said. At the recent Clarksburg-Harrison Board of Health meeting, Administrator Chad Bundy stated that since the levels of bacteria were low, the incident did not need to be reported to the EPA.
Dick Welch, general manager of the Clarksburg Water Board, said the bacteria problem is restricted to the VA facility itself.
“It’s an internal problem associated with heating and cooling systems. We extended our help and we’ve been conducting a test each month,” he said.
The VA hospital is also not required to report problems with its water to the water board. The found bacteria has nothing to do with the quality of the water in Clarksburg, Welch said.
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