Despite an authorized headcount of 56, there are currently only 35 specially trained water scientists on staff to test for Legionella bacteria, according to the city health department. Three people have died on Manhattan’s Upper East Side. Find our journalism more easily when you are searching for local coverage. More than a third of positions.
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Despite an authorized headcount of 56, there are currently only 35 specially trained water scientists on staff to test for Legionella bacteria, according to the city health department. Three people have died on Manhattan’s Upper East Side. Find our journalism more easily when you are searching for local coverage. More than a third of positions.
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