Pool & Spa SCENE reports on providing safe and sustainable public pools… Public swimming pools need the equivalent of âblack boxâ technology from the aviation industry to provide key technical analysis on day-to-day running but especially in the event of a major incident. But the commercial wet leisure sector faces a ÂŁ180 million investment shortfall […]
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Lucie Lunn on the inside track on plant room essentials… As crucial to the efficient running of any swimming pool as the heart is to the human body, designing and maintaining an effective plant room is the core element of wet leisure projects in both residential and commercial locations. The plant room is the beating […]
This yearâs PWTAG conference offers a unique opportunity to consider how our swimming pools might move on in the 21st century. The importance of pools to the health of the population is undeniable â yet financial pressures can and do lead to closures and a loss of this important national asset. What remedies can we […]
Following recent headlines about Cryptosporidium outbreaks in Devon water and in food sources nationwide, PWTAG has updated swimming pool operators on what they need to know. Technical Note 30 provides key information on cryptosporidiosis (the disease it causes) and measures for their control. Cryptosporidium is a protozoan parasite that multiplies in the gut of humans […]
PWTAG has revised an existing technical note, and produced a new one, to recognise the increasing range and popularity â not to mention technical challenges â of water features. TN13 Interactive water features has been around for years. It included some material on fountains and ground-based jets. That has been moved to form the basis […]
The theme for the recent PWTAG annual conference was The Sustainable Pool and the opening presentations, in front of over 100 delegates, were right on the money. St Sidwellâs Point in Exeter is the world first leisure centre to be built to Passivhaus standards â in real terms, as economical in terms of energy use […]
This yearâs annual conference is PWTAGâs sixth â but the first since the pandemic to be face-to- face. The theme, very relevant to these challenging times in the industry, is The Sustainable Pool. There are three issues that should drive delegates to Nottingham in November: saving energy, reducing carbon and saving cost. How pool operators […]
At its recent agm, PWTAG elected a new chair and vice-chair, decided to look for a chief executive and set out on a path they hope will increase their effectiveness and influence. The new chair is Colin Day who represents the Institute of Swimming Pool Engineers, the vice chair Ian Ogilvie of the Institute of […]
Tom Devin, of Devin Consulting, has researched practical steps to be taken which may help reduce energy consumption. There has never been so much pressure to reduce the power required to operate swimming pool water treatment systems â to reduce cost and to reduce carbon emissions. Leisure centres and swimming pool operators around the UK […]
Pool plant room operations are becoming increasingly automated, driven by the idea that measuring things reliably and automatically means you can identify key performance indicators for benchmarking a poolâs performance. This could be for compliance (eg free chlorine valuesâ deviation from the set-point), cost management or energy use. It is important, however, that the remote […]
