NY rules: UV disinfection at pool "spraygrounds"
Water Technology Daily
05.10.2006
SARATOGA SPRINGS, NY - As municipalities prepare to open public pools for the summer, the New York State Department of Health (DOH) has enacted a regulation that requires recirculated water in recreational pool "spraygrounds" to be treated with ultraviolet (UV) light, according to a May 9 report in The Saratogian.
Last year, the DOH forced small-city wading pools to renovate spraygrounds after an outbreak of Cryptosporidium sickened 1,800 people who had visited Seneca Lake State Park in Geneva, NY, as reported by Water Tech OnlineĈ in August 2005.
Officials in Saratoga Springs said they will not install a separate UV disinfection system at their four sprayground areas, but they plan modifications that will spray fresh, unrecirculated water from the city system, the report said.
Because the water will not recirculate, officials will install replacement nozzles to keep water use down, the report said.
Cryptosporidium causes intestinal illness with symptoms that include diarrhea, abdominal cramping, nausea, vomiting, fever and headache.
