Aquatic Health, Fitness & Safety
Watershape University expands Grant’s Grants to recognize the brave professionals who serve their communities and run toward danger when others are running away.
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It’s one of the oldest existing lifeforms on the planet—blue-green algae. Treating bodies of water affected by “harmful algae blooms” or HABs, is an all-encompassing water treatment challenge, one that begins by understanding the opportunistic nature of these organisms and the constant nature of their threat to water quality, from pools to ponds to the world’s largest lakes.
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The MAHC covers a spectrum of critical issues for aquatic facilities, including design, lifeguarding, and facility operation. Here in Part II of our look into the code’s fine points, Dewey Case, technical director for the Council for the MAHC, explores key areas within the code aimed at giving facility owners and managers tools needed for sustained success and safety.
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Poolsafe LLC, offers its new mesh, removable safety fencing with four color options. Built to provide an extra layer of protection around swimming pools, this fencing comes with patented heat-welded borders and poles in brown, beige, gray, and black colors to match the latest in backyard décor. The fence’s patented ClearGuard Mesh comes in a black color offering superior visibility and a low-profile look. The Triton Gate is lockable and self-closing, with a curved top bar to deter climbing and a tri-pod truss system that maintains alignment under heavy daily use. Available in both 4ft and 5ft heights.
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Curt Straub is passionate about aquatic safety. Having spent five decades working in the pool industry, his focus on keeping swimmers, and particularly kids, safe when they’re in and around the water is all about making swimming instruction part of their lives, first at school, then everywhere else.
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Saunas have been an integral part of human culture for thousands of years, with origins tracing back to ancient Finland two millennia ago. As Dave Peterson explains, saunas are catching on throughout much of the modern world, a rise driven by well-documented health benefits combined with aging consumer demographics that have among other trends led to a surge in “social saunas.”
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Although completed in 2003 and outlandishly opulent, the story behind this project by designer/builder Mario Abaldo has never been told out of respect for the client’s privacy concerns. More than two decades later, he’s finally ready to share arguably his most magnificent work.
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In an effort to raise awareness about common jobsite missteps, Scott Cohen returns with his Lessons Learned series, which previously ran for several years on WaterShapes online resulting in Cohen’s book, The Candid Contractor. Here he dives back in with a simple look at the importance of closing the pool gate.
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Convention and common practice often exist to be challenged, says Steve Kenny. In his quest to understand how to consistently achieve superior water quality, he has come to what he views as a watershed opinion – one that will directly challenge the industry’s assumptions about filtration technology.
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The Cognitive Current