Exhibitor Videos

In this video, Greg Rankin, CEO of Hydrosense, explores the real-world risks posed by Legionella pneumophila and explains why speed of detection is critical to protecting human lives.

Greg begins by putting Legionella in context - a bacteria found naturally in the environment, present in rivers, lakes and soil, where it poses little threat. The danger arises when it enters the built environment: water systems in hotels, hospitals, office buildings, leisure facilities and industrial sites where the conditions are right for it to multiply to dangerous levels.

Once Legionella takes hold in a water system, the consequences can be severe. Legionnaires' disease is a potentially fatal form of pneumonia, and the people most at risk - the elderly, the immunocompromised, those with underlying health conditions - often have little warning before symptoms take hold.

Until now, identifying Legionella relied on sending water samples to a laboratory and waiting. That wait could be up to two weeks - two weeks during which an infected system could continue to expose people to risk, undetected.

Hydrosense PRO changes that. Developed after four years of intensive R&D, it is the world's fastest on-site rapid test for Legionella pneumophila, delivering accurate results in just 25 minutes. By bringing reliable detection out of the lab and into the field, Hydrosense PRO gives water treatment professionals, facilities managers and risk assessors the ability to identify contamination quickly, take immediate action, and protect the people who depend on safe water systems every day.