Kentucky Administrative Regulations › Title 902 - CABINET FOR HEALTH AND FAMILY SERVICES - DEPARTMENT FOR PUBLIC HEALTH › Chapter 10 - Sanitation › Section 902 KAR 10:120 - Kentucky public swimming and bathing facilities

Current through Register Vol. 51, No. 1, July 1, 2024
RELATES TO: KRS Chapter 13B, 211.015, 211.090, 211.210,
				211.220, 211.990(2), 322.110, 323.020,
				29 C.F.R.
				1910.119, 15 U.S.C. 8003
NECESSITY, FUNCTION, AND CONFORMITY:
				KRS
				194A.050(1) authorizes the
				secretary of the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to promulgate
				administrative regulations necessary to protect, develop, and maintain the
				health, personal dignity, integrity, and sufficiency of Kentucky citizens and
				to operate programs and fulfill the responsibilities vested in the cabinet.
				KRS
				211.180 authorizes the cabinet to adopt
				administrative regulations relating to public facilities and their operation
				and maintenance in a safe and sanitary manner to protect public health and
				prevent health hazards. This administrative regulation establishes uniform
				standards for public swimming pools and bathing facilities.
Section 1. Definitions.
(1) "Accessible" means having access to a
			 fixture, connection, appliance or equipment, even if it is necessary to remove
			 an access panel, door, or similar obstruction.
(2) "Agitation" means the mechanical or
			 manual movement to dislodge the filter aid and dirt from the filter
			 element.
(3) "Air gap" means the
			 unobstructed vertical distance through the free atmosphere between the lowest
			 opening from any pipe or faucet conveying water or waste to a tank, plumbing
			 fixture, receptor, or other device, and the flood level rim of the
			 receptacle.
(4) "Alkalinity" or
			 "total alkalinity" means the amount of carbonates or bicarbonate present in
			 water solution as expressed in parts per million (ppm).
(5) "Approved" means that which is acceptable
			 to the cabinet.
(6) "Backwash"
			 means the flow of water through the filter element or media in the reverse
			 direction sufficient to dislodge the accumulated dirt and filter aid and remove
			 them from the filter tank.
(7)
			 "Backwash cycle" means the time required to backwash the filter system
			 thoroughly.
(8) "Backwash rate"
			 means the rate of application of water through a filter during the backwash
			 cycle expressed in gallons per minute per square foot of effective filter
			 area.
(9) "Bather" means a person
			 using a public swimming and bathing facility.
(10) "Cabinet" is defined by
			 KRS
			 211.015(a).
(11) "Cartridge filter" means a filter that
			 utilizes a porous cartridge as its filter media.
(12) "Diatomaceous earth (DE) filter" means a
			 filter that utilizes a thin layer of diatomaceous earth as its filter media
			 that will need to be periodically replaced.
(13) "Disinfectant" means an approved
			 chemical compound designed for the destruction of pathogenic organisms in
			 bathing facilities and includes chlorine and bromine.
(14) "Equalizer line" means the connection
			 from the skimmer housing to the pool, spa, or hot tub below the weir box,
			 which:
(a) Is sized to satisfy pump demand and
			 prevent air lock or loss of prime; and
(b) Contains a float valve assembly and
			 pop-up valve.
(15)
			 "Facility operator" means a person or employee of that person who is
			 responsible for the proper operation and maintenance of the facility.
(16) "Filter" means a device that separates
			 solid particles from water by recirculating it through a porous
			 substance.
(17) "Filter aid" means
			 an enhancement to the efficiency of the filter media.
(18) "Filter cycle" means the operating time
			 between cleaning or replacing the filter media or backwash cycles.
(19) "Filter element" means a device within a
			 filter tank designed to entrap solids and conduct water to a manifold,
			 collection header, pipe, or similar conduit.
(20) "Filtration rate" means the rate of
			 water flow through a filter while in operation.
(21) "Float valve assembly" means a mechanism
			 designed to disengage the skimmer in order to prevent air from entering the
			 pump if the water level drops below the skimmer level.
(22) "Flow meter" means a device that
			 measures the flow of water through piping.
(23) "Head loss" means the total pressure
			 drop between the inlet and the outlet of a component.
(24) "Holding tank" means a storage vessel to
			 retain water for a spray pad recirculation system.
(25) "Hydrojet" means a fitting which blends
			 air and water, creating a high velocity, turbulent stream of air enriched
			 water.
(26) "Inlet" means a fitting
			 or fixture through which filtered water returns to a pool or spa.
(27) "Main outlet" means an outlet fitting at
			 the deepest point of the horizontal bottom of a pool through which water passes
			 to a recirculating pump or surge tank, and is often referred to as a "main
			 drain".
(28) "Modulating valve"
			 means a valve that automatically regulates the flow of water from the main
			 drain through the use of a float ball.
(29) "Perimeter overflow system" means a
			 channel at normal water level that extends completely around the pool perimeter
			 and is used to remove surface debris, also known as an overflow or scum
			 gutter.
(30) "Perlite filter" means
			 a filter that utilizes a thin layer of perlite as its filter media deposited on
			 a septum that must be periodically replaced.
(31) "Play feature" means a structure or
			 feature that is added to a pool for the purpose of entertainment.
(32) "Plunge pool" means a pool or area
			 within a pool designed as the termination point for a water slide or water
			 ride.
(33) "Pop-up valve" means a
			 mechanism located under the float valve assembly that opens to allow water to
			 reach the pump when the float valve is activated.
(34) "Positive shutoff valve" means a valve
			 that completely stops the flow of water.
(35) "Precoat" means the process of
			 depositing a layer of diatomaceous earth or perlite on the filter element at
			 the start of a filter cycle.
(36)
			 "Public swimming and bathing facility" means a natural or artificial body or
			 basin of water that is modified, improved, constructed, or installed for the
			 purpose of swimming or bathing, except for a pool at a private single family
			 residence intended only for the use of the owner and guests.
(37) "Readily accessible" means direct access
			 without the necessity of removing any panel, door, or similar
			 obstruction.
(38) "Septum" means
			 that part of the filter element consisting of cloth, closely woven fabric, or
			 other porous material on which the filter cake is deposited.
(39) "Skimmer" means a device designed to
			 continuously remove surface film and water and return it through the
			 filter.
(40) "Spray pad" means an
			 area that:
(a) Has aquatic play features that
			 spray or drop water for the purpose of wetting people;
(b) Is designed so that there is no
			 accumulation or ponding of water on the ground; and
(c) Includes both recirculating and
			 non-recirculating water systems.
(41) "State Building Code" means the
			 requirements established in 815 KAR Chapter 7.
(42) "State Plumbing Code" means the
			 requirements established in 815 KAR Chapter 20.
(43) "Strainer" means a device used to remove
			 hair, lint, leaves, or other coarse material on the suction side of a
			 pump.
(44) "Suction piping" means
			 that portion of the circulation piping located between the facility structure
			 and the inlet side of a pump.
(45)
			 "Superchlorinate" means the addition to facility water of an amount of chlorine
			 sufficient to produce a free available chlorine that is at least equal to ten
			 (10) times the amount of combined chlorine plus the required minimum level of
			 free available chlorine in order to oxidize the ammonia and nitrogenous
			 materials which may be dissolved in the facility water.
(46) "Surge tank" means a storage vessel
			 within the pool recirculation system used to retain the water displaced by
			 bathers.
(47) "Total discharge
			 head" means the amount of water that a pump will raise water above its center
			 line.
(48) "Total dynamic head"
			 means the arithmetical difference between the total discharge head and total
			 suction head (a vacuum reading is considered as a negative pressure). This
			 value is used to develop the published performance curve.
(49) "Total residual chlorine" means the
			 arithmetical sum of free available chlorine and combined chlorine, which is
			 composed of the following components:
(a) Free
			 available chlorine, which is the amount of chlorine available to inactivate
			 microorganisms and that has not reacted with ammonia, nitrogenous material, and
			 other contaminants in facility water; and
(b) Combined chlorine (also called
			 "chloramine"), which is the amount of chlorine that has reacted and combined
			 with ammonia and other nitrogenous material to form chloro-ammonia
			 compounds.
(50) "Total
			 suction head" means the amount of water that a pump will lift by
			 suction.
(51) "Turnover rate" means
			 the time requirements, in hours or minutes, for the circulation system to
			 filter and recirculate a volume of water equal to the facility
			 volume.
(52) "Wading pool" means a
			 pool or area within a pool where the water depth is twenty-four (24) inches or
			 less.
(53) "Weir box" means an
			 overflow system placed at normal operating water surface level to remove
			 surface debris and does not form a continuous loop around the pool
			 perimeter.