Public pools and spas pose potential health risks if not properly maintained. Disease causing organisms live and multiply in pool water that has not been properly treated and can result in eye, ear, skin and intestinal infection. Inadequate chemical balance of pool water can also cause skin rashes and conjunctivitis.
Council’s Environmental Health Team inspects public pools and spas ensuring that they are maintained as prescribed in the South Australian Public Health (General) Regulations 2013.
For more information about the specific requirements for owners and operators of public pools to ensure that water quality within a public pool is of a standard that protects public health, visit the SA Health website.
When inspecting public swimming pools, Environmental Health Officers look at a variety of requirements including:
- the pool must be fitted with an automatic doser
- the levels of disinfectant, pH and alkalinity
- regular testing
- operators knowledge.