Hawaii Administrative Rules › Title 11 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH › Subtitle 1 - GENERAL DEPARTMENTAL PROVISIONS › Chapter 10 - PUBLIC SWIMMING POOLS › Subchapter 2 - OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE › Section 11-10-16 - Public saltwater specialty swimming pools

Current through June, 2024
(a) Water
				  quality:
(1) The water shall have sufficient
				  clarity at all times so that a disc which is six inches in diameter and of a
				  color of high contrast to the color of the public saltwater specialty swimming
				  pool bottom can be seen from outside the pool when placed on the bottom of the
				  public saltwater specialty swimming pool at the deepest point. The public
				  saltwater specialty swimming pool shall be immediately closed if the public
				  saltwater specialty swimming pool fails to meet this requirement.
(2) When bacteriological samples are
				  collected for laboratory analysis, the geometric mean of the most recent five
				  consecutive
enterococcus
counts cannot exceed 7.0 CFU/100 ml
				  of pool water.
(3) The water
				  quality requirements provided in paragraphs (1) and (2) shall be satisfied as
				  follows:
(A) In a closed system, the water
				  shall be disinfected by using disinfecting agents approved by the United States
				  Environmental Protection Agency or processes approved by the National
				  Sanitation Foundation. The agents or processes used in controlling water
				  quality shall not be dangerous to public health, create objectionable
				  physiological effects, or impart toxic properties to the pool water. Any agent
				  that is to be used for algae control shall be approved by the department before
				  use.
(B) In an open system, the
				  water quality requirements shall be satisfied through pool water circulation.
				  The pool water shall be completely exchanged at least once every six
				  hours.
(4) All public
				  saltwater specialty swimming pool water samples shall be examined by a
				  laboratory or methods employing suitable sensors or monitoring technology
				  approved by the department. Where applicable, analysis to determine compliance
				  with this chapter shall be by:
(A) Standard
				  Methods for the Examination of Water and Wastewater, Twentieth Edition,
				  APHA;
(B) "Guidelines Establishing
				  Test Procedures for Analysis of Pollutants", Federal Register, July 1, 1998 (
				  40 CFR 136 ) and "Technical Amendments", Federal Register, July 1, 1998 ( 40
				  CFR 136 );
(C) "Methods of Seawater
				  Analysis", Second Revised and Extended Edition, ed. by K. Grashof, M. Erhardt,
				  K. Kremling, 1983, Verlag Chimie, Weinheim, Germany; and
(D) EPA/600/4-79-019, Handbook for Analytical
				  Quality Control in Water and Wastewater Laboratories, March 1979.
(5) All public saltwater specialty
				  swimming pools shall be continuously free of non-microbial hazardous marine
				  life.
(6) Failure to meet the
				  requirements set by this section shall constitute grounds for immediate closing
				  of the public saltwater specialty swimming pool. The operator may reopen the
				  public saltwater specialty swimming pool for public use when the department
				  determines that all requirements of this section have been met and there is no
				  immediate risk to human health.