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CDC issues report on U.S. pools; many violators cited.(Newsroom)(Centers for Disease Control)
The first known attempt to gather nationwide pool-inspection information for analysis was recently completed by the Centers for Disease Control in Atlanta. Covering five states the report showed that more than half of the 22,131 public and semipublic pools inspected in 2002 by state officials violated health codes. Roughly 8 percent of the inspections resulted in immediate pool closures.
The report has been spotlighted in mainstream media, particularly because it follows a CDC report last year that showed dramatic increases in recreational water illnesses.
The seriousness of each violation was not made clear by this latest report, though, said Michael Beach, an epidemiologist in the CDC's Division of Parasitic Diseases. And in more than 67 percent of the cases, the type of pool (community pool, hotel/motel, apartment complex) was not stated.
The CDC compiled the report using data from six sites in five states, select ed because they were the only locations with computerized data available: California, Florida, Pennsylvania, Minnesota and Wyoming.
In the inspections that did identify the pool type, the highest percentage of violations occurred in children's wading pools. Such pools typically are problematic for pool operators because their shallow depths and relatively low water volumes make it difficult to maintain disinfectant levels.
The second highest known violators were medical therapy pools, followed by hotel/motel pools.
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