This 146-page document is available in English. The intended audience includes intermediate level public health professionals, environmental health specialists, those with interests in ensuring the safety of pools and similar recreational water environments including National and local authorities, facility owners, operators and designers, special interest groups, scientists and researchers, and facility users. This book provides an authoritative referenced review and assessment of the health hazards associated with recreational waters of this type; their monitoring and assessment; and activities available for their control through education of users, good design and construction, and good operation and management. The Guidelines include both specific guideline values and good practices. It addresses a wide range of types of hazard, including hazards leading to drowning and injury, water quality, contamination of associated facilities and air quality. This document is the first to provide comprehensive guidance for managing swimming pools and similar facilities so that recreational benefits are maximized while negative public health impacts are minimized.
