Legionella and accumulators

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The bacteria multiply where temperatures are between 20-45°C and nutrients are available. The bacteria are dormant below 20°C and do not survive above 60°C. Legionnaires' disease is a potentially fatal type of pneumonia, contracted by inhaling airborne water droplets containing viable Legionella bacteria.

source www.hse.gov.uk/healthservices/legionella.htm

Are any special measures needed for when water is stored in an accumulator located in a plant room where the air temperature might rise above 20°C and eventually raise the temperature of the stored water above 20°C
 
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