Register a Cooling Tower and Submit Reports

The new statewide regulations require registration, testing, inspection, and certification of cooling towers.

• View the regulations
• Register your cooling tower
• Learn more about Legionella

Refer to this step-by-step process to Register a Cooling Tower:

1. Create an NY.Gov account or login.
2. Add a property owner. Please create an account for each property owner. You can use the same email for multiple accounts, just be sure to create a new account ID.
3. Add building information.
4. Add equipment information for the building.
5. Once you've added all buildings and equipment, print a page for your reference.
6. Return to account overview to add more buildings or equipment.

Ready? Have with you:

Building Details

• Street address of the building where the cooling tower is located. New York City residents will need to include borough, block and lot.
• Name, address, telephone number and email of all owner(s) of the building

Equipment Details

• Intended use of the cooling tower
• Name of the manufacturer of the cooling tower
• Model number of the cooling tower
• Specific unit serial number of the cooling tower
• Cooling capacity (tonnage) of the cooling tower
• Basin capacity

Equipment Maintenance Details

• Whether systematic disinfection is maintained manually, through timed injection, or through continuous delivery
• The contractor or employee engaged to inspect and certify the cooling tower
• Commissioning date of the cooling tower
• Date of last routine culture sample collection, sample results, and date of any required remedial action
• Date of any legionella sample collection, sample results, and date of any required remedial action
• Date of last cleaning and disinfection
• Dates of start and end of any shutdown for more than five days
• Date of last certification and date when it was due
• Date of last inspection and date when it was due
• Date of discontinued use

Register