permaculture

[paul wheaton <paul@richsoil.com>]

I'm in way over my head.

When heating water with solar or the jean pain method or .... whatever
... it seems wise to consider legionnaires disease.  But in order to
consider it, it seems we need to know the enemy.  And we're coming up
short on a few things.

In this thread:

http://www.permies.com/permaculture-forums/2607_0/alternative-energy/alternative-hot-water-and-legionnaires-disease

The question is:  what is the reproduction rate of legionella?  Would
they reproduce faster in pond water than in, say, well water?
Distilled water?