Kentucky Administrative Regulations › Title 902 - CABINET FOR HEALTH AND FAMILY SERVICES - DEPARTMENT FOR PUBLIC HEALTH › Chapter 10 - Sanitation › Section 902 KAR 10:190 - Splash pads operated by local governments

Current through Register Vol. 51, No. 1, July 1, 2024
RELATES TO: KRS Chapter 13B, 211.015, 211.180
NECESSITY, FUNCTION, AND CONFORMITY:
				KRS
				194A.050(1) requires 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
				211.205 requires the cabinet to promulgate an administrative regulation to set
				the standards for the operation and maintenance of splash pads operated by
				local governments. This administrative regulation establishes the procedures
				for splash pads.
Section 1.
			 Definitions.
(1) "Accessible" means having
			 access to a fixture, connection, appliance, or equipment, possibly with removal
			 of 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 in accordance with the requirements established in this
			 administrative regulation.
(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) "Cabinet" is defined by
			 KRS
			 211.015(1)(a).
(10) "Cartridge filter" means a filter that
			 utilizes a porous cartridge as its filter media.
(11) "Diatomaceous earth (DE) filter" means a
			 filter that utilizes a thin layer of diatomaceous earth as its filter media
			 that must be periodically replaced.
(12) "Disinfectant" means an approved
			 chemical compound designed for the destruction of pathogenic organisms in
			 bathing facilities and includes chlorine and bromine.
(13) "Equalizer line" means the connection
			 from the skimmer housing to the holding tank below the weir box, which is sized
			 to satisfy pump demand and prevent air lock or loss of prime, and contains a
			 float valve assembly and pop-up valve.
(14) "Facility operator" means a person or
			 employee of that person who is responsible for the proper operation and
			 maintenance of the facility.
(15)
			 "Filter" means a device that separates solid particles from water by
			 recirculating it through a porous substance.
(16) "Filter aid" means an enhancement to the
			 efficiency of the filter media.
(17) "Filter cycle" means the operating time
			 between cleaning or replacing the filter media or backwash cycles.
(18) "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.
(19) "Filtration rate" means the rate of
			 water flow through a filter while in operation.
(20) "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.
(21) "Flow meter" means a device that
			 measures the flow of water through piping.
(22) "Head loss" means the total pressure
			 drop between the inlet and the outlet of a component.
(23) "Holding tank" means a storage vessel to
			 retain water for a spray pad recirculation system.
(24) "Inlet" means a fitting or fixture
			 through which filtered water returns to a pool or spa.
(25) "Local government" is defined by
			 KRS
			 13A.010(11).
(26) "Main outlet" means an outlet fitting at
			 the horizontal bottom of a pool through which water passes to a recirculating
			 pump. It is often referred to as a "main drain."
(27) "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.
(28)
			 "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.
(29) "Precoat" means the
			 process of depositing a layer of diatomaceous earth or perlite on the filter
			 element at the start of a filter cycle.
(30) "Readily accessible" means direct access
			 without the necessity of removing any panel, door, or similar
			 obstruction.
(31) "Septum" means
			 that part of the filter element consisting of cloth, or closely woven fabric or
			 other porous material on which the filter cake is deposited.
(32) "Skimmer" means a device designed to
			 continuously remove surface film and water and return it through the
			 filter.
(33) "Splash pad" is
			 defined by KRS 211.205(1).
(34)
			 "State Building Code" means the requirements established in 815 KAR Chapter
			 7.
(35) "State Plumbing Code" means
			 the requirements established in 815 KAR Chapter 20.
(36) "Strainer" means a device used to remove
			 hair, lint, leaves, or other coarse material on the suction side of a
			 pump.
(37) "Suction piping" means
			 the portion of the circulation piping located between the facility structure
			 and the inlet side of a pump.
(38)
			 "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.
(39) "Total discharge head" means the amount
			 of water that a pump will raise water above its center line.
(40) "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.
(41) "Total residual chlorine" means the
			 arithmetical sum of free available chlorine and combined chlorine, and 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 swimming pool 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.
(42) "Total
			 suction head" means the amount of water that a pump will lift by
			 suction.
(43) "Turnover rate" means
			 the time in hours or minutes, required for the circulation system to filter and
			 recirculate a volume of water equal to the facility volume.
(44) "Weir box" means an overflow system
			 placed at normal operating water surface level to remove surface
			 debris.