SAN DIEGO (COUNTY NEWS CENTER) - The summer solstice is here, the first official summer day, which means it's also the start of the summer swimming 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 still do not have a fence between your house and the pool, you should install one (be sure to check the local and national pool safety regulations that require specific features, depending on when a built or refurbished pool is located). 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 to ensure that the distances between each post and between the bottom rail and the floor are no more than 4 inches apart and that the fence is at least 5 feet, so that children and animals can not enter a fence. 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 pool's drain covers are visible and intact: Let's face it, if you can not see the drain covers of your pool clearly, you will not be able to see an annoyed swimmer under the pool. Water or a person caught in a drain, and the water in your pool needs to be cleaned! If you can see the drain covers, make sure they are not broken or splintered, and remind the kids not to play near them, so they can not be sucked off and pinched.
4. Have two safety equipment : Each group must have two essential safety equipment: a life jacket with a diameter of at least 17 inches, which can be thrown to help the swimmers. to float in difficulty; 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. Damage to the decks, equipment and pool: Make sure that the pool stairs and railings are secure so people will not hurt if you depend on them to get in and out of the pool. 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 if you have diarrhea as cryptosporidium, E. coli, norovirus and other germs can get into the water and make others 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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