PONTIAC, Mich. \u2013 Oakland County is taking proactive measures after routine water testing detected Legionella bacteria at the North Oakland Health Center (NOHC) and the Resource and Crisis Center (RCC). <\/p>\n
This follows earlier findings of Legionella in the Oakland County Courthouse<\/a> and the Sheriff\u2019s Office administration building<\/a>.<\/p>\n Oakland County officials say there are no reported cases of Legionnaires\u2019 disease linked to these facilities, and risk to staff and visitors remains low.<\/p>\n Water samples collected on Jan. 19 showed two positive results at each facility. <\/p>\n In response, the county\u2019s Facilities Management Department has begun installing filters on all water fixtures and will carry out additional steps like flushing the water systems. <\/p>\n Tests confirmed that the incoming water supply to both buildings is free of Legionella.<\/p>\n Legionella bacteria are commonly found in natural and man-made water environments, but infections are rare. <\/p>\n Last year, Oakland County reported 41 cases of Legionnaires\u2019 disease. <\/p>\n The bacteria do not spread from person to person, officials said.<\/p>\n Follow-up testing will take place after remediation efforts. <\/p>\n Oakland County is maintaining routine preventive practices across all county buildings, including regular flushing and water temperature monitoring. <\/p>\n Water sampling at the Oakland County Jail began Jan. 27, with results expected in about two weeks.<\/p>\n Symptoms of Legionnaires\u2019 disease include the following:<\/p>\n Cough<\/p>\n Fever<\/p>\n Headaches<\/p>\n Muscle aches<\/p>\n Shortness of breath<\/p>\n Confusion<\/p>\n Diarrhea<\/p>\n Nausea<\/p>\n Copyright 2026 by WDIV ClickOnDetroit – All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"PONTIAC, Mich. \u2013 Oakland County is taking proactive measures after routine water testing detected Legionella bacteria at the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":110118,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[143,904,145,144,3131],"class_list":{"0":"post-153881","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-oakland","8":"tag-oakland","9":"tag-oakland-county","10":"tag-oakland-headlines","11":"tag-oakland-news","12":"tag-pontiac"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/153881","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=153881"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/153881\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/110118"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=153881"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=153881"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=153881"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}