Florida Administrative Code › 64 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH › 64E - Division of Environmental Health › Chapter 64E-9 - PUBLIC SWIMMING POOLS AND BATHING PLACES › Section 64E-9.004 - Operational Requirements

Current through Reg. 50, No. 138; July 16, 2024
(1) Water
				Quality - The water supply for all pools shall be an approved potable water
				system or shall meet the requirements for potable water systems by the
				submission from the operator of annual bacteriological and chemical laboratory
				reports to the county health department. Salt water sources are exempt from the
				potable water chemical standards except for iron and color requirements.
(a) Cross-connection prevention - To
				safeguard water quality, devices or systems shall be operational and maintained
				in their original functional condition.
(b) Bacteriological quality - The pool water
				shall be free of coliform bacteria contamination.
(c) Clarity - The pool water shall be 0.5 or
				less NTU and the main drain grate must be readily visible from the pool
				deck.
(d) Chemical quality -
				Chemicals used in controlling the quality of the pool water shall be tested and
				approved using the NSF/ANSI/CAN Standard 60-2021, Drinking Water Treatment
				Chemicals-Health Effects, April 16, 2021, or Chapter 27 of NSF/ANSI/CAN
				Standard 50-2020, Equipment and Chemicals for Swimming Pools, Spas, Hot Tubs,
				and Other Recreational Water Facilities, October 21, 2020, and shall be
				compatible with other accepted chemicals used in pools. NSF/ANSI/CAN Standard
				60-2021 and Chapter 27 of NSF/ANSI/CAN Standard 50-2020 are incorporated by
				reference, have been deemed copyright protected, and are available for
				inspection at the Department of Health, Bureau of Environmental Health, 4025
				Esplanade Way, Tallahassee, Florida 32311 or at the Department of State, R.A.
				Gray Building, 500 South Bronough Street, Tallahassee, Florida 32399-0250. The
				following parameters shall be adhered to for pool water treatment:
1. pH - 7.0 to 7.8.
2. Disinfection - Free chlorine residual
				shall be as follows: 1 milligram per liter (mg/L) to a maximum of 10.0 mg/L,
				inclusive, in conventional swimming pools; 2 mg/L to 10.0 mg/L, inclusive, in
				all other type pools such as swim-up bars, wading pools, special purpose pools,
				water recreation attraction pools, and interactive water fountains; and 2 mg/L
				to 5 mg/L, inclusive, in spa-type pools; or available bromine residual shall be
				1.5 mg/L to 6 mg/L, inclusive, in conventional swimming pools and 3 mg/L to 6
				mg/L, inclusive, in all other type pools. Except that, for indoor conventional
				swimming pools, the maximum disinfectant residuals shall be 5 mg/L free
				chlorine and 6 mg/L free bromine.
3. When oxidation-reduction potential (ORP)
				controllers are required, the water potential shall be kept between 700 and 850
				millivolts. Use of these units does not negate the manual daily testing
				requirement of subsection
				 64E-9.004(10),
				F.A.C.
4. Cyanuric acid - 100 mg/L
				maximum in pools, with 40 mg/L as the recommended maximum, and 40 mg/L maximum
				in spa pools.
5. Quaternary
				ammonium - 5 mg/L maximum.
6.
				Copper - 1 mg/L maximum.
7. Silver
				- 0.1 mg/L maximum.
(e)
				Landscape irrigation water that wets the wet deck area of the pool, the pool
				itself, enters the collector tank, or wets an interactive water feature must be
				potable water from a public water system or shall meet the bacteriological
				quality of potable water as evidenced by annual laboratory analysis submitted
				to the department. Reclaimed water may not be used in these areas. If reclaimed
				water is used in the vicinity of the pool (inside of the pool fence or within
				100 feet of the pool water's edge) it must employ drip irrigation or soaker
				hoses. Signs shall be posted notifying pool patrons that reclaimed water is in
				use, and is not to be consumed.