44:02:05:15. Water
recreation facilities. All water recreation facilities, including swimming
pools, spas, and water slides operated by a specialty resort and used by guests
or the public, must be designed, constructed, and maintained using the
"Recommended Standards for Swimming Pool Design and Operation," 1996
edition.
The owner or operator of a swimming
pool, spa, or other water recreational facility shall collect and submit at
least one water sample weekly for each swimming pool, spa, or other water
recreational facility while in use under the owner's or operator's control to
an EPA-certified laboratory for bacteriological analysis. The owner or operator
shall report any unsafe water sample test results to the department within
three days after receipt of such test results. Upon the receipt of a positive
water sample the owner or operator of the facility shall submit two consecutive
negative samples to the department to confirm treatment procedures have
eliminated the contamination. If a resample test is positive, the facility
shall close the affected water recreational facility and submit two consecutive
negative samples prior to allowing guest use of affected water recreational
facility. A colorimetric test kit is required for the monitoring and adjusting
of disinfectant levels and pH in a swimming pool, spa, or other water
recreational facilities. A weekly log of disinfectant levels and pH must be
maintained by the owner or operator of the facility.
Source:
23 SDR 75, effective November 19, 1996; 34 SDR 321, effective June 30, 2008; 36
SDR 96, effective December 8, 2009.
General
Authority: SDCL 34-1-17, 34-18-22.
Law
Implemented: SDCL 34-18-22, 34-18-24.
Reference:
"Recommended Standards for Swimming Pool Design and Operation,"
1996 edition, Great Lakes-Upper Mississippi River Board of State and Provincial
Public Health and Environmental Managers. Copies are available at no cost from
the Office of Health Protection, South Dakota Health Department, 615 East 4th
Street, SD 57501.
