SAN DIEGO (Circle NEWS CENTER) - Summer solstice, the first official summer day is here - and thus the beginning of the summer pool season. Therefore, it is time to make sure that if you have a group, you will do everything to keep it clean and safe.
Sure, because although the pools are fun, they can also be dangerous. And clean, so none of your summer swimmers get sick.
The San Diego County Department of Environmental Health (DEH) has some tips to help you out. DEH does not check owners' private pools. But it controls around 7,000 public pools and spas every year to make sure they're clean and safe.
Here are 10 tips to make sure your swimming season is on, well, swim!
Stay safe
1. Look at the children! That's the rule number one! Every year, children in residential areas across the United States are seriously injured or even drowned. If children are in the pool or in the pool, you should always watch them. Keep in mind that water wings, styrofoam noodles and other toys are not safety devices and children who use them should not be left unattended.
Teach your kids to swim (and learn for themselves if you do not know how). If your house leads directly to a pool, install a door alarm to warn you when a child opens it. If you do not need to fence in between your home and your pool, install one (be sure to comply with local and national swimming pool safety laws that require specific features, depending on when a pool is being built or renovated). Kids run a lot and can find their way into the pool, even if they are out of sight for a minute.
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2. Check the fences: If you have a fence and an automatically closing door around your pool, make sure they are safe. Check your fence of spaces between each pole to make sure and between the bottom rail and the ground are not separated more than 4 inches, and that the fence is at least 5 feet, so children and animals do not enter unattended group. Keep shrubs and garden furniture away from the entrance to prevent children or unwanted visitors from climbing onto your fence and entering your pool.
3. Make sure your drain pool covers are intact and visible: Let's face it, if you can not clearly see the flight of swimming pool covers, you will not see a float caught in trouble in the water or a person in a dump the water in your pool needs to be cleaned! If you can see the drainage coatings, make sure they are not broken or broken, and remind children not to play near them, so they can not be pumped and pinched.
4. Have two pieces of safety equipment : Each pool must have two pieces of safety equipment: a rescue (life jacket) with a diameter of at least 17 inches can be introduced to help swimmers in difficulty swimmers; Make sure people are safe. You should also consider swimming while holding a phone in the pool. So if you need to make an emergency call, you can do it quickly.
5. Repair damage to the terraces and pool - Amenities: Make sure staircases and railings are secure pool, so people will not hurt if they rely on them to enter and leave the pool. Repair the damage to the platform to prevent people from stumbling.
Keep your own
6. Regularly test the water in your pool : Protecting your pool is more than a protection against drowning and physical injury. You should also keep the water in your pool clean so that people do not get sick from swimming in dirty water.
Testing the chemical balance of the water in your pool is one of the most important things you can do to make sure that you are up to your job. Because this balance, which keeps your water sanitized, clean and safe, can easily be reversed through intensive use, heat, rain and many other things. To keep your pool safe, test chlorine and pH at least twice a week, and every day if possible.
7. Do not Swim When You Are Ill: The chlorination of your pool is doing so much. You have to keep the germs out of the pool. Practice good hygiene. Do not swim in diarrhea, which brings Cryptosporidium, E. coli, norovirus and other germs into the water and makes other people ill for weeks. If there is an accident in your pool, clean the pool and follow the instructions for proper water purification. In the case of Cryptosporidium, this generally requires hypochlorination using extremely high chlorine levels.
8. Foam, brush and vacuum your pool regularly: There are many things that can get into your pool. Not only does this make your pool messy, it can also make cleaning your chemical products more difficult. Swimmers can use sunscreen, oils and other items. There are dust, sediments and leaves that blow in the air, which can make your filtration system much more difficult. Therefore, use a skimmer to clean the surface of your pool, brush the walls and vacuum frequently. Do not forget to remove all leaves and debris in the skimmer baskets.
9. Keep your platform clean: Just remember, the less clutter the platform has around the pool, the fewer things you can blow or transport. A good swing will do a lot to keep your pool spotless.
10. Keep your pool filter clean: If you have a cartridge filter, you should check, clean or replace the filters if they are dirty. If you use a sand filter, you must backwash and clean the filter filters if necessary.
For more information about maintaining the safety of your pool, see the Video for Inspecting the Environmental Health Service Pool:
To watch on YouTube, click here .
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