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New ADA Guidelines for Public Pools

As I am sure some of you are aware of, and others may not be aware of, the ADA has now been passed to include swimming pools.  This new addendum will require all commercial pools to have an ADA approved means of access into every pool and spa.  I am

How are you meeting VGB Compliance? Check out the NSPF sponsored CPSC Pool and Spa Safety Event

NSPF and CPSC Weigh in on Pool Safety

NSPF recently sent aletter to two CPSC Commissioner,s Northrup and Adler, regarding the CPSC'sposition on unblockable drains. The letter is posted to CommissionerNorthrup's blog,
http://www.safetyandcommonsense.blogspot.com.Read what NSPF has to say,

CA Health Officials Encouraged to Take Pool Operator Training & Earn CEUs for CPO® Certification.

The National Environmental Health Association (NEHA) has approved theNational Swimming Pool Foundation® (NSPF®) as a Registered Provider (RP)for continuing education for the California Registered EnvironmentalHealth Specialist (REHS) program. The CA

CPSC Pool Safely Campaign on The Today Show

This morning's Today Show helped debut a new PSA campaign on pool and spa safety created by the CPSC. Check out the link below to see the piece and visit www.poolsafely.gov for more information.http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/26184891/vp/38034690#38034

Lifeguard walkie-talkies

Should people be able to use the public pool as a babysitter?

Read this story

Leaving children alone at public pools

Is there an appropriate age for parents to leave kids at public pools without them staying and watching? Does your community/city have a policy? If you have a facility or manage one, does your facility have a policy?

CPSC Launches National Campaign to Change the Way Poeple Think and Act About Pool and Spa Safety

http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/cpsc-launches-national-campaign-to-change-the-way-people-think-and-act-about-pool-and-spa-safety-94741579.html

Emergency Response Training

Any business, large or small, should have an Emergency Response Plan in place. Planning for calamity can mean the difference between misery and prosperity.
Industry members can sign up for an inexpensive but expansive online course through NSPF. Info

Pools are Endangered

In many coastal areas and areas where environmentalists have a hand hold on planning boards we are starting to see so much opposition to pools that many times a permit has to go before many boards and take months to get.  This can cost the builder an

Dangerous VGB Solutions

I wanted to share this picture with everyone on here.  Please feel free to pass this information along to everyone in the industry that you may know.  We recently took over this account and when we pulled the cover and drained the pool, we discovered

Local health department says no to Intelliflo

Hey guys:

Our local health department has just denying the installation of two Pentair Intelliflo pumps for a commerical application. Their reasoning was that the pumps could be turned down below flow rate requirements... What do you guys think? Do yo

SPEC Bill to Protect Pools, Spas, Hot Tubs in CA from Closure Passes First Test

A bill sponsored by SPEC to address serious problems associated withCalifornia’s Model Water Efficient Landscape Ordinance (MWELO), now ineffect throughout the state, is off to a good start.
AB 2409unanimously passed the Assembly Water Parks and Wild

SPEC Urges New Call to Action by 4/13!!! Bill to Resolve Water Feature Issue in California Set for Hearing Industry Members Urged to Send in Letters of Support before April 13, 2010

John Norwood, President of SPEC, announced that AB 2409, a bill intended to separate pools and spas from the definition of water feature for purposes of the state’s Model Water Efficient Landscape Ordinance, has been scheduled to be heard in the Asse

Have you read about the legislative bills SPEC is watching and working on for 2010: Remember, what happens in California is often exported to other states.

The deadline for legislators to introduce bills for the 2010 California Legislative Session was the end of February.  Legislators introduced 1,310 new bills for the 2010 Legislative Session.  These bills will be considered over the next six months, a

SPEC Reports California Contractors State License Board Adopts Position on 2010 Legislation

The California Contractors State License Board (CSLB) met in Indian Wells, California on Thursday, March 11, 2010.  The Board meeting was held in conjunction with the Nevada State Contractors Board.  One of the key action items on the agenda was the

Patron Limits

Unblockable Drains

Maybe I missed it, but did CPSC decide on what is an unblockable drain ?

Insurance Industry VGB Enforcement

Hey Everyone,I am hearing the stirrings within the Insurance Industry of not renewing risk management policies for public pools and spas unless there is documentation of compliance. I have said all along the Insurance Industry will be the ones doing