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This FAQ covers healthy swimming basics:  How swimmers can recognize the signs of a healthy pool; protect themselves from waterborne illness; and understand the role of chorine in healthy swimming.

What you think you know and what you should know about healthy pools:  Myths and facts to help you enjoy a healthier swimming experience.

Mastering the knack of maintaining a healthy pool is not difficult with the right information and a little diligence. The proper use of chlorine is a key step to keep your pool healthy.

The Triple A’s of Healthy Swimming were created by the CDC to provide swimmers with the tools they need to be activist swimmers and take the lead in preventing recreational water illnesses at their swimming facility.

Healthy Swimming behaviors will help protect families from recreational water illnesses and help stop germs from getting in the pool in the first place.  The CDC offers six steps that promote Healthy Swimming.

Free posters from the CDC can be used to help raise awareness about recreational water illnesses, swimmer hygiene and pool chemical safety.

Baby pools can sometimes escape the safety spotlight. As young children are especially vulnerable to accidental drowning and infection from germs, it is necessary to maintain a high level of attentiveness around baby pools.

Tom Griffiths, Ed.D., Director of Aquatics at Penn State University discusses chloramine control in indoor swimming pools.  Chloramines cause obnoxious odors as well as skin, eye, and respiratory irritation that many swimmers mistakenly attribute to chlorine itself.

For Kids!

The Chlorin8tor, armed with his Electron Grabber tool and trusty sidekick, Little Hector, The Disinfector, battles harmful germs that invade pool water and make swimmers sick.

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