Government of New Brunswick

Cooling Towers (Water Circulation System)

Health

Overview

The Department of Health is regulating cooling towers under the Public Health Act. Building owners are responsible for obtaining a licence to operate cooling tower systems associated with their buildings, which include an evaporative condenser and fluid cooler.

The Department of Justice and Public Safety is responsible for ensuring compliance with the Act and Regulation.

Proposed amendments to the Water Circulation Systems Regulation are now posted for public review and input. The new amendments include reference to the New Brunswick Technical Guidelines for Water Circulation Systems. A draft copy of the Guidelines can be found here. To provide comments on both the Regulation and Guidelines please visit Public Review of Draft Regulations.

Eligibility

A licence may be issued to a building owner who has completed an application for a licence and paid the required fee.

Description

Following recent outbreaks of Legionnaires’ disease in the province, the Government of New Brunswick has committed to implementing a regulatory framework that will be introduced in 2 phases.

• Phase 1: includes mandatory licensing of Cooling Systems (cooling towers) by August 1st, 2022
• Phase 2: includes legislated requirements such as water management plans and Legionella testing and is anticipated to be implemented by June 1st, 2023.

Violations of the Act or Regulation may lead to fines and/or licence suspension or revocation.

Contact for Licensing Questions - Coolingtowers-Toursderefroidissement@gnb.ca

The New Brunswick Cooling Tower Registry is powered by GroveWare Technologies Inc., a third party application vendor under contract to GNB. The registry is a managed service provided by GroveWare and operated by GNB. The link will redirect you to a secure external portal under the vendor’s domain, - groveware.com

Fees

Unless otherwise specified, Fees exclude the harmonized sales tax (HST).

Fee DescriptionRate in $Effective Date
YYYY-MM-DD
Initial (new) application fees are prorated. Prorated fees do not apply to yearly or seasonal renewals. Fees are applicable to each cooling tower in the system that is the subject of the application. All Water Circulation System licence fees include the harmonized sales tax (HST) and are per tower.
  Renewal Application450/tower/tour2023-04-01
  Initial (new) application - If applying between April 1 to June 30, (No fee reduction)450/tower/tour2023-04-01
  Initial (new) application fee - If applying between July 1 to September 30, (25% fee reduction)337.50/tower/tour2023-04-01
  Initial (new) application fee - If applying between October 1 to December 31, (50% fee reduction)225/tower/tour2023-04-01
  Initial (new) application fee - If applying between January 1 to March 31, (75% fee reduction)112.50/tower/tour2023-04-01