Hotels and Water Health Risks Vacationers and business travelers alike tend to take clean water for granted. But even a hotel in an idyllic setting can expose guests to illness from something as seemingly innocuous as taking a dip in the pool … or simply breathing the air. Legionnaires’ is the common name for the disease caused by the Legionella bacteria, a potentially serious condition that people are generally aware of thanks to its first, widely publicized breakout in 1976 at an American Legion convention in a Philadelphia hotel.
