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Part of Regulatory View: Wading Pools

(7) Every owner and every operator shall ensure that the pool water is treated with chlorine, a chlorine compound or a bromine compound by means of an adjustable dosing device and so maintained that,

(a) the total alkalinity is not less than eighty milligrams per litre;

(b) the pH value is within the range of 7.2 to 7.8;

(c) there is a residual of free available chlorine in every part of the pool of not less than 0.5 milligram per litre;

(d) where cyanurate stabilization is maintained, there is a residual of free available chlorine of not less than one milligram per litre in association with a cyanuric acid concentration of not greater than sixty milligrams per litre;

(e) where the pool is not a wave action pool and a bromine compound is used, there is a total bromine residual of not less than two milligrams per litre;

(f) where the pool is a wave action pool and a bromine compound is used, there is a total bromine residual of not less than three milligrams per litre; or

(g) where the medical officer of health determines that the health of the bathers may be affected, there is such higher minimum chlorine or bromine residual than required under clause (c), (d) or (e) as the medical officer of health may require in writing. R.R.O. 1990, Reg. 565, s. 7 (7).

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