Let Me Float One By You - Is UV Disinfection the Right Choice for Ensuring Public Safety in Swimming Pools and Spray-pads

Ultraviolet Disinfection has gained increasing acceptance as secondary disinfection for the treatment of swimming pools and spray-pads over the past decade. However, as a technology it is vastly different from the standard chemical treatments that are typically used as primary disinfection. Today architects, consultants and engineers are faced with the challenge of designing facilities around the ever changing complex regulations of each state and local governing body. Further, understanding the uses of UV for swimming pools and spray-pads along with the different configurations available can be a daunting task. The responsibility has become increasingly more complex due to the competing lamp technologies and equipment configurations currently available to the swimming pool industry.

This presentation provides an overview of UV treatment technology for the aquatics industry, how that technology is used to ensure public safety and the regulations that attempt to govern public safety.