2026 is already shaping up to be a positive and productive year for PWTAG, with new initiatives, industry recognition and growing engagement across the water leisure sector. The year began with a successful appearance at SPATEX, where the organisation welcomed a steady flow of visitors to its stand. The exhibition provided an excellent opportunity for […]
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Let me introduce myself – Iâm Debbie Collins, the new Marketing Coordinator at PWTAG, and I couldnât have joined at a better time. PWTAGâs work sits at the heart of raising standards across our industry and my role is all about amplifying that voice â sharing insight, celebrating good practice and helping more organisations connect […]
This yearâs annual PWTAG conference is effectively a master class on best practice in achieving optimal pool water quality. World-class Pool Water is on Thursday November 6, once again at Loughborough Universityâs splendid Holywell Park conference centre. For the first time, schools will be able to participate online in the last afternoon session. Nationally and […]
When PWTAG came on the scene 40 years ago, pool management had already come a long way from the 1800s when pools were filled on a Monday and emptied a week later. The Ministry of Health had published The Purification of the Water of Swimming Bath (âthe blue bookâ) in 1929. An association of baths […]
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 […]
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 […]
