Point data provides the locations of cooling towers and evaporative condensers within Bristol. Bristol City Council maintains a register of these installations, as required by the Notification of Cooling Towers and Evaporative Condensers Regulations (1992). This information aids the Council and the Health Protection Agency in investigating community outbreaks of legionnaires' disease.
Use Cases
- Mapping potential sources of legionella bacteria based on the location of cooling towers.
- Supporting rapid response to disease outbreaks based on the dataset's stated purpose for early-stage investigations.
- Analyzing the spatial distribution of notifiable devices for urban health risk assessments.
- Cross-referencing outbreak data with cooling tower locations to identify potential transmission links.
Strengths
- Data is collected under a specific legal framework (Notification of Cooling Towers and Evaporative Condensers Regulations 1992).
- Dataset has a clear, stated public health purpose for outbreak investigation.
- Information is provided directly by the person in control of the premises, suggesting a primary source.
Limitations
- Row count, file formats, and column-level documentation are unknown, limiting suitability assessment.
- Last update date is unknown; freshness unverified.
- Geographic coverage is explicitly limited to Bristol.
Provenance
- Source
- Bristol City Council, based on notifications from premises controllers.
- Collection Method
- Mandatory registration under the Notification of Cooling Towers and Evaporative Condensers Regulations (1992).
- Time Range
- null
- Freshness
- null
- Geography
- Bristol, United Kingdom.