A hotel in Miami has bee implicated in an outbreak of Legionnaires’ disease. The Miami Herald reports two people becoming ill and another dying from Legionnaires’ disease over a long period of time - but all had stayed at the hotel.

This is an expensive problem which is costing the hotel a reported $200,000 a day so its no wonder people are also asking why it takes so long to test for Legionella.

An unusual design of filteration system has been suggested as possible contributor to the problem. The hotel are reported to have used activated carbon to remove chlorine from the water supply (presumably in the expectation that this improved the taste/odour); however this has of course left no residual disinfectant to prevent the proliferation of bacteria.