MONTICELLO, Ill. (WAND) - The Piatt County Nursing Home's water system has tested positive for Legionella.
The nursing home posted to Facebook that the water issue is strictly internal and is not connected to water received from the City of Monticello.
"We have been through an initial round of testing last week and in that test genetic material for Legionella was found in the samples of water taken from our water system," the nursing home posted. "More testing and details on those tests are pending but, as part of this initial test the incoming water from the city source is tested as a baseline to compare to samples taken within the nursing home. The incoming water from the city showed zero traces of genetic material for Legionella."
Public drinking water in Monticello is not impacted.
