April 26, 2010 Presenters: Linda Randolph EPHS EH Section Manager Laura Hunter EPHS

1. PooL School • April 26, 2010 Presenters: • Linda Randolph EPHS • EH Section Manager • Laura Hunter EPHS • Bob Reynolds EPHS • Craig Rhoads EPHS • Erica Logsdon EPHS Presenters: • Thomas Bixler EPHS • Jeff Mefford EPHS • Lindel Gore EPHS • Stephen Njenga EPHS • Brent Brockmeyer, CPO Instructor

2. Agenda • BREAK • Recreational Water Diseases Q&A with Inspectors • Pick up surveys Certificates • Sign In and Introduction • Pool Ordinance Information • BREAK • Sessions • Inspection • Chemical Storage Safety with Brent • Testing Procedures

3. Inspection of Indoor and Outdoor Pools and Spas • City of Branson Municipal Code • Chapter 46 HEALTH AND SANITATION • Division 3. Swimming Pools Sec. 46-121 through 46-169 Definition: Public Swimming Pool- means any place open to the public for swimming or recreative bathing whether or not a fee is charged for use thereof, and shall be classified as pools, outdoor or indoor, which are entirely of artificial construction • Health Permit displayed in a conspicuous place

4. Frequency of Inspection • Indoor Facilities: Inspected 4 times a year, approximately every 3 months (not including complaints or revisits) • Outdoor Facilities: Inspected 3 times a year • Usually open in May and close in September • Approximately every 5 or 6 weeks

5. Safety: Lifeguard Chairs/Stations • At least one lifeguard shall be provided for swimming pools, spas, and recreational water attractions equal to or greater than 3,400 square feet of pool surface area. • One additional lifeguard shall be provided for each additional 2,000 square feet of pool surface area thereafter. • Clarion pool is • RecPlex: requires lifeguards

6. Safety Requirements: Safety Unit • One unit = Conspicuous location of a throwable device and a reaching device. • One unit shall be provided for each 2,000 square feet of water surface area

7. Safety Unit Definitions • Throwable Device: A U.S. Coast Guard Approved Ring, 18 inches in diameter, or throwing buoy fitted with a one-fourth-inch diameter line with a length of 1 ½ times the maximum width of the pool or 50 feet, whichever is less. • Reaching Device: A life pole, or shepherd’s crook type of pole, having blunted ends with a minimum length of 12 ft and able to reach the center of the bottom of the pool at the deep end.

8. First Aid Equipment • Every swimming pool shall be equipped with a minimum of a Red Cross standard 16-unit first aid kit, or its equivalent. • A spine board should be provided at each pool.

9. Attendant Alarm • Any swimming pool, spa, or recreational water attraction which is located such that it is not at all times in direct view of the attendant shall have, in the immediate vicinity of the pool, a clearly labeled alarm device that can be activated when a bather is in trouble and is easily heard throughout the area or building. Or the facility shall have a non-pay telephone permanently installed at pool side which is readily accessible and conspicuously located. The telephone shall have signage stating call 911 in case of emergency or contact directly with an attendant.

10. Attendant Alarm • 1. Attendant who has direct line of sight of pool at all times • 2. Alarm that rings to an attendant or front desk or be heard throughout facility. There must be someone available to respond to alarm • 3. Emergency Phone: Ring to front desk or 911. Clearly mark phone with a sign and dialing directions!!!

11. Safety Requirements: Depth Markings • Plainly marked at or above the water surface on the pool wall and on the edge of the pool deck, at maximum and minimum points of break between the deep and shallow portions, and at intervals of not more than 25-feet, intervals measured peripherally. • Numerals 4 inches minimum height and a contrasting color with the background.

12. Decks • Entirely surround pool • Not less than 5 feet • Easily cleaned • Slip resistant • No carpeting • Hose bib required

13. Fencing and Gates • Completely surrounded • Not less than 4 feet high • Self-closing and positive self-latching closure mechanism • The latch shall be installed as high as possible, but at least 4 feet high

14. Safety Requirements:Rules and Signs • Located in a conspicuous place • Letters at least 4 inches in high • Letters contrasting color from background • WARNING SIGNS Whenever the pool area is opened for use and no lifeguard service is required or provided, warning signs shall be placed in plain view to the entrances and inside the pool area which state “WARNING--NO LIFEGUARD ON DUTY”legible lettersat least 4 inches tall.

15. Ventilation • Adequate ventilation required in: • Bathhouses, mechanical equipment rooms, storage areas, indoor swimming enclosures • Minimize condensation damage • Prevent direct drafts on swimmers

16. Pool Rules • Children shall not use pool/spa without an adult in attendance. • Persons with infections not permitted. • No food, drink, gum or tobacco permitted in pool or on deck. • No containers made of glass or shatterable plastic. • Shower before entering and after use of toilet facilities. • No running or rough play. • No pets allowed. • Do not leave small our young children unattended. • Management shall post additional rules as needed

17. Spa Signage • Caution signs. A legible sign visible from the spa shall be provided. It shall state: • “Caution. Any person having an acute or chronic disease such that use of the spa might adversely affect their health should consult a physician before using the spa. Do not use the spa immediately following exercise or while under the influence of alcohol. Do not use the spa longer than ten minutes. Children shall be accompanied by an adult.”

18. VGB • The Virginia Graeme Baker Act went into enforcement action December 19, 2008 • The City of Branson also adopted provisions from the Virginia Graeme Baker Act into the current municipal pool ordinance. • All pools in operation at this time (indoor pools) must be in compliance at this time or will be closed. • All pools who haven’t opened (outdoor pools) must come into compliance before opening • Please consult your inspector before making changes to your pool!

19. How do I know my pool or spa is in Compliance??? • Step 1: Does my drain comply with the VGB Act? • They must be marked with • VGB 2008 • ASME/ANSI A112.19.8 2007 or logo • Flow Rate • Life Span

20. Drain Covers • If field fabricated, must by certified by a Registered Design Professional (Professional Engineer) who provides a copy of a certificate saying it meets the VGB Act Standards, including flow rates, UV exposure, and durability • Is it secure and installed according to manufacturer’s instructions? • After installation, integrity of drain cover MUST be checked regularly (yearly) and replaced IMMEDIATLEY if broken

21. Is my pool in compliance? • Step 2: Do you have secondary back up options? • Do you have more than 1 main drain going to single pump? (MUST BE 3 FT DISTANCE FROM CENTERS) • If you have a single main drain? • Did you get an SVRS (Safety Vacuum Release System) • Do you have and automatic shut off? • Do you have a suction-limiting vent system? • Is your drain unblockable? • Is your drain gravity fed? • Did you disable your main drain? (if you did, did you provide flow rates or turnover rates to show you meet local code?)

22. Secondary Systems • SVRS: A safety vacuum release system which ceases operation of the pump, reverses the circulation flow, or otherwise provides a vacuum release at the suction outlet when a blockage is detected, that has been tested standard by an independent third party and found to conform to ASME/ANSI standard A112.19.17 or ASTM F2387 • Automatic Pump Shut Off System: a device designed to sense a drain blockage and shut off the pump system

23. Secondary Systems • Suction-limiting Vent System: A suction-limiting vent system with a tamper-resistant atmospheric opening. • Unblockable: means a drain of any size and shape that a human body cannot sufficiently block to create a suction entrapment hazard. • (from CPSC interpretation) • ASME/ANSI A112.19.8 standard of unblockable- • Dimensions of 18’’ x 23”, which represents shoulder to waist measurements of the 99th percentile of adult males.

24. Secondary Systems • Gravity Drainage System: A gravity drainage system that utilizes a collector tank. • Drain Disablement: A device or system that disables the drain • ONLY IF YOUR INSPECTOR APPROVES IT!!!!! • YOU MUST MEET LOCAL CODE TURNOVER AND FLOW RATES!!!! • Turnover Rates • Every 6 hours (4x a day) for pools • Every 2 hours for wading pools • Every 30 minutes for spas

25. Secondary Systems • Other Systems can be used but must be determined by the CPSC as equally effective or better than the ones outlined in the VGB Act. • NO DRAIN REVERSALS! (These are not permanent and the department is not approving them)

26. Disinfection • Swimming pools shall be designed to provide for continuous disinfectionof the pool water with a chemical which is an effective disinfectant and which is easily measured, active residual. • An automatic feeder which is easily adjustable SHALL be provided for continuous application of disinfectant

27. Test Kits • Colormetric, DPD test kit • (Diethyl-P-PhenyleneDiamine) • Chlorine: 0.2 increments • Minimum of 0.2-3.0 range *suggest range at least to 5.0 • pH test kit with a range from 6.8-8.2, accurate to the nearest 0.2 • Appropriate reagents • Reagents replaced annually • Demonstrate working knowledge of proper use

28. Maintenance Pool Cleaning System • A pool cleaning shall be provided to remove dirt from the bottom of the pool. Manual For Operations • Instructions for each filter, pump, or other equipment, drawings, illustrations, chart operating instructions, and parts list to permit to permit proper installation, operation, winterization and maintenance.

29. Log Sheets • Pool water quality should be checked AT LEAST 2 times a day and logged • Chlorine: combined, total, and free • pH • Any chemicals added should also be written down in the log sheets along with the amounts added • Routine maintenance or repairs need to be logged as well

30. Safety Requirements: Chemical Storage • Rule of Thumb: Store like chemicals with like chemicals • Store acids separate and away from bases • Never re-use chemical containers, especially to store other chemicals • Never use the same scoop or utensil for different chemicals • Never use the same cloth to clean up spills • Store on a non-absorbent surface STORE IN ACCORDANCE TO MANUFACTURER’S LABEL

31. Water Quality Standards

32. Continuous Operation • Continuous operation, 24 hours a day, of all pumps, filters, disinfectant feeders, and al related components to the recirculation system shall be maintained.

33. Chlorine • Free chlorine:Chlorine available to disinfect (kill bacteria and stuff) • residual of at least 1.5 ppm-5 ppm • Combined: Chlorine already used up and taking up space (it has already attached to dirt or bacteria) • Total: all the Chlorine in the pool (free and combined) • at least 1.5 ppm and not more than 5 ppm • 1 ppm = 1 mg/l

34. Combined Chlorine • If the concentration of combined chlorine greater than 0.2 ppm, than the pool should be super chlorinated to reduce the concentration of combined chlorine • Superchlorination (46-161.f.1): free chlorine raised between 5 to 10 ppm. • Swimmers are not allowed back in until residual below 5 ppm

35. Finding Combined Chlorine • Total Chlorine=free chlorine + combined chlorine • Test for free chlorine first • Ex: 3 ppm • Then determine total chlorine • 3.5 ppm • The difference is the amount of combined • Example: Total Chlorine – Free Chlorine = Combined Chlorine 3.5 ppm-3 ppm = 0.5 ppm

36. pH • pH maintained between 7.2-8.2 • Proper pH levels are important because it prevents eye irritation. • pH of our eyes is 7.5

37. Bromine • When Bromine is used as a disinfectant, a residual of 1 ppm shall be maintained for a pool with a pH below 7.8 • 2 ppm for pH 7.8 or higher

38. Water Clarity • Swimming pool water shall have sufficient clarity that the main drain cover is readily visible at the deepest point of the pool when viewed from the side of the pool. • A black drain cover or two-inch circle around the drain cover is sufficient • Must be readily visible

39. Clarity

40. Algae Control • An algaecide may be used as long as it is in accordance with the label.

41. Temperature • Pool water should be between 72 F and 85 F • Air temperature for an indoor swimming pool should be maintained from two to five degrees F above the pool temp. • This helps with the humidity and also comfort of swimmers • Spa temperature not over 102 F

42. Pool Cleaning • Recommended pool and deck be cleaned, the pool water surface skimmed, and the pool walls and bottom vacuumed or brushed, all on a daily basis and while the pool is closed for use.

43. Turnover • Pool water turnover at least every 6 hours (4 times a day) • Wading pools must turnover a minimum of every 2 hours • Spa turnover every 30 minutes • A flow meter shall be provided to determine flow rates and turnover rates. It should continuously • Located in the recirculation pump discharge piping

44. Code Compliance: What Fails and Inspection Any critical violation! CRITICAL VIOLATIONS • Chemicals out of compliance • Chlorine (free or combined) or pH too high or low • Clarity: Cannot clearly see black drain • No continuous disinfection • Inoperable pumps and filters • Entrances not closed • Unsanitary conditions, including saunas and showers • Any electrical deficiencies • Ex. Bare wires

45. Code Compliance: What Fails and Inspection • Immediate Danger-Any threat to safety of life • Ex. No lifeguard, as required by code • Ex. No attendant, emergency phone, or alarm • Overhead lights not shatterproof or properly shielded • Backflow prevention device on hose bib • Cross connection of potable water to sewage • Any repairs to walls, ceilings or floors • Absence of anti-entrapment system and standards (includes lack of proof or documentation)

46. Code Compliance: What Fails and Inspection • Positive Coliform and E. coli test (one or both) • A sample taken each routine inspection and possibly complaints, depending on type of complaint • Must shock pool and maintain higher chlorine levels for one turnover (approximately 4 hours) • Swimmers can not return until Chlorine levels below 5ppm • Another water sample will be taken. Pool can remain closed until sample comes back negative

47. Break 10 minutes 3 GROUPS AND ROTATE EVERY 15 MINUTES Pool Inspection: 15 minutes Water Testing: 15 minutes Chemical Safety: BRENT 15 minutes

49. Recreational Water Illnesses (RWI’s) • Diseases that are transmitted through recreational use of water including waterslides, swimming pools and lakes. • Some infect the gastro intestinal and respiratory tracts while others infect skin, ears, and eyes

50. 9 Steps to Prevention of RWI’sTaken from CDC recommendations • Leadership • Education • Communication • Water Quality • Disinfection • Facility Design • Planning • Prevention • Healthy Swimming