Cooling Tower notification

Under the Notification of Cooling Towers and Evaporative Condensers Regulations 1992 you may need to inform the Council if you have a cooling tower or evaporative condenser, for example serving a air conditioning plant, or process cooling plant.
This is because Legionella bacteria can grow in these devices, and if people are infected they can suffer a serious, even fatal, form of pneumonia.

The Council maintain a public register of cooling towers in the district. If you would like to see the register, please click here (19KB - 23 February 2012) or contact us at the above contact details

Eligibility Criteria
Any person who has control of a premises or business where there is a cooling tower or evaporative condenser where water is exposed to the air must notify the Council. You do not need to notify us if the device contains no water that is exposed to air and/or if the water or electricity supply to the device is not connected.

You may want to ask your service engineer if you are not sure if your device needs notification.

Notification Process
Applicants must provide the following information:

  • name of person with control of the premises,
  • address,
  • telephone number,
  • how many devices there are, and
  • where on the premises they are located.  

You must also tell the Council of any changes to the details, or if the devices are removed.

Notify us online
Notify us about your cooling tower
Tell us about a change to your existing notification.

Page last updated on 23 February 2012