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APSP Drafts New National Water Chemistry Code

The APSP Recreational Water Quality (RWQ) Committee has developed a new national water chemistry standard and is holding a series of meetings this year throughout the country to meet with local and state public health officials to discuss its adoption by local and state codes.

According to Ellen Meyer, chair of the task force that developed the standard, “The new Water Quality Standard was developed to consolidate the many issues involved in keeping recreational water safe and provide sound logic and science to back up the recommended control parameters.”

The standard was developed in response to the results of a 2005 nationwide survey of public health officials who stated that a uniform standard for water quality was needed. This is the first APSP standard that will include a comprehensive appendix that provides justification for the values set in the standard.

The proposed draft standard will undergo the ANSI (American National Standards Institute) consensus process and when approved, will be published as ANSI/APSP-11 Standard for Water Quality in Public Pools and Spas. APSP is inviting participation on the ANSI consensus voting body. For more information and to receive an invitation, contact Jeanette Smith.