44:02:08:13. Water
recreation facilities. All water recreation facilities, including swimming
pools, spas, and water slides operated by a vacation home establishment 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 every two weeks 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 while the facility is being
rented out to the public.
Source:
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 Sanitary Engineers. Copies are
available at no cost from the Office of Health Protection, South Dakota Health
Department, 615 East 4th Street, Pierre, SD 57501
