POOLaide Webinar: Planning to Reopen - Pool Operations after an Emergency Closure
Brent Miller
March 27, 2020
This webinar is meant to get you thinking about how you're going to reopen your swimming pool once you hear the word "GO!" Expectations will be high, timelines will be short, are you ready?
Powerpoint Slides
Brent Miller
Brent has 20 years of aquatic experience, starting as a lifeguard/instructor and eventually finding his passion in the mechanical room. For the past 13 years at Automated Aquatics Canada Ltd., Brent’s helped pool operators optimize their water quality. Brent was recently appointed to the Filtration & Circulation Committee for the Council for the Model Aquatic Health Code (CMAHC).
The COVID-19 Pandemic has helped Brent spend more time at home developing his craft skills under the supervision of his toddlers, specializing in finger painting & googly eye paper monsters.
Show Notes
00:00 early start with Katie Crysdale
39:07 Welcome
47:15 Presentation
1:33:30 Q & A
1:57:50 Conclusion
Resources
The Redwoods Group
Aquatic Safety Resource Library (Thee Redwoods Group)
March 23 webinar recording & show notes
March 25 webinar recording & show notes
Aquatics Tribe Crisis Connection
Lakeview Aquatic Consultants Ltd. Email Signup
Lakeview Aquatic Consultants (Facebook)
Lakeview Aquatic Consultants (Instagram)
Online Certified Pool Operator (CPO) classes - Pool & Hot Tub Alliance (formerly National Swimming Pool Foundation)
Complete POOLaide Webinar schedule
Pool & Hot Tub Alliance (PHTA) Coronavirus Resources
Preventing Unintentional Chemical Injection (American Chemistry Council video)
Certified Pool Operator (CPO) Class Playlist (Lakeview Aquatic Consultants Ltd.)
Is It Ok to Pee in the Pool? (video)
How combined chlorine (CC) and chloramines form from contaminants like pee (urea).
Model Aquatic Health Code (MAHC)
Canadian pool regulations by province
American pool regulations by state/region
COVID survival rates on surfaces, including Stainless Steel (New England Journal of Medicine)
Clean and Disinfect Your Facility: Coronavirus Disease 2019 (CDC)
Maintaining Public Aquatic Facilities (Pool & Hot Tub Alliance)
Chloramines: Safe Work Practices (WorkSafe B.C.)
brentm@automatedaquatics.com
katie@lakeviewaquaticconsultants.com
Clarification re: retaining water without circulation:
- Add unstabilized chlorine to achieve FAC of 20 ppm (pH maintained during the chlorine increase) and allow circulation to run for 1 turnover before shutting down.
- Run filter circulation system and feature pumps at least one turnover per week to reduce stagnation.
- Sample chlorine/pH during this time. N.B. High chlorine DPD/phenol red interference in effective colorimetric testing and adjust accordingly.
- Shock chlorinate to 20 ppm again when FAC drops below 3 ppm.
Brent Miller would like to gratefully acknowledge the work of the Pool Water Treatment Advisory Group (PWTAG) in the development of this webinar session.
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