Pool Safety

Nights are cooler, the air is crisper, and your pool water is colder: autumn has arrived! However, before your professional pool service puts that cover back on, have you considered installing a [...]

Did you know that swimming pool chlorine comes in many different forms? Depending on its chemical composition, chlorine can be a gas, liquid, or a solid! However, the overall function remains the [...]

Wouldn’t it be wonderful if rain provided free water for your swimming pool? After splashing around in the evening you could just wait for the next rainy day to fill your pool back up to its [...]

At commercial swimming facilities, some states require you to hire Certified Pool Operators®, CPO ®) but other states do not. If your state doesn’t require it, why should you hire a CPO ® or have [...]

To protect ourselves from harmful UV rays, we often use sunscreen before spending a day outside by the pool. While it is a great way to protect our skin, sunscreen can wreak havoc on the water [...]

The CPO ® training delivers as much information as possible on swimming pool safety. While you never know exactly when a swimming pool accident may occur, there are ways to help prevent some of [...]

The swimming pool safety cover can serve several purposes – keeping debris out of the pool, preventing accidental falls into the pool, and even keeping the pool warm with solar energy. [...]

This year has certainly been a challenge. With that, we have all be able to rediscover some things we may have forgotten: The importance of patience and good communication. Always be prepared. [...]

Every PHTA Certified Pool Operator ® has heard the urban legends and horror stories. You hear about someone getting their hair or a body part stuck in the main drain of a swimming pool or a hot [...]

There’s a reason why almost every swimming facility has a ban on glass containers. No matter how often you urge swimmers to be careful, broken glass can eventually make its way into the pool. [...]