Oregon Administrative Rules › Chapter 333 - OREGON HEALTH AUTHORITY, PUBLIC HEALTH DIVISION › Division 60 - PUBLIC SWIMMING POOLS › Section 333-060-0515 - Wading Pool Operation

Current through Register Vol. 63, No. 7, July 1, 2024
(1) WATER
			 QUALITY. All wading pools must maintain good water quality using the water
			 quality parameters shown on OAR
			 333-060-0200  (Table 3). Chlorine residuals must be maintained at a minimum of 2 ppm, except
			 that, compliance with
			 333-060-0510(1)(b),
			 is required for all wading pools without a recirculation system, except spray
			 pools using potable water once and draining to waste.
(2) TESTING. All wading pools must be tested
			 for water quality and maintained at least every two hours. A record shall be
			 maintained, as required in OAR
			 333-060-0205(2).
(a) ELECTRONIC MONITORING AND CONTROL
			 EQUIPMENT. All wading pool facilities have until January 1, 2012 to install
			 electronic sanitizer and pH monitoring equipment to control the chemical
			 sanitizer and acid or base feeders. This equipment must measure and adjust the
			 sanitizer residual and pH. New sanitizer monitoring equipment installations
			 must use oxidation-reduction potential (ORP) for measurement of the
			 disinfectant activity, and provide the readout in millivolts (mv) of potential.
			 Readings in parts-per-million (ppm) are not required.
(b) For the operator to qualify for reduced
			 manual testing frequencies, as established in OAR
			 333-060-0200(3)(d),
			 electronic monitoring equipment reading in millivolts must be certified at
			 least once every 12 months as operating accurately by a service technician
			 trained by the manufacturer, and a minimum of ORP of 750 mv must be
			 maintained.
(c) CERTIFICATION OF
			 THE MONITORING AND CONTROL EQUIPMENT. The certification check, made by the
			 factory trained service technician, includes the probes and electronic
			 equipment. If the equipment is found to need service or parts, the repairs must
			 be made before the unit is certified:
(A)
			 Certification includes testing and standardization of the meter equipment, and
			 the use of standard solutions to verify the accuracy of each probe.
(B) A brightly colored certification tag will
			 be attached to the readout unit of the monitoring equipment by the trained
			 service technician. After the initial certification, the tag will show service
			 and certification for at least the previous 36 months. The tag must show the
			 following:
(i) The name, address, and phone
			 number of the company employing the technician;
(ii) The technician's name;
(iii) The name and address of the
			 facility;
(iv) The make, model, and
			 installation date of the equipment;
(v) A record of all service, dates of
			 service, and re-certification of the equipment for work completed by a trained
			 service technician; and
(vi) When
			 the next certification testing is due.
(C) The calibration programming for the ORP
			 measuring unit must be made inaccessible to the pool operator and
			 non-certification trained personnel.
(D) Upon request by the Division or its
			 agent, the company employing the trained service technician must make available
			 to the Division or its agent, information about the certifying technician's
			 training, training dates, and any manufacturer certification and continuing
			 education or training taken to remain current with the equipment technology.
			 The company must also make information available to the Division about
			 calibration equipment, standardization solutions and certification
			 procedures.