The Complete Swimming Pool Reference, Second Edition

• Designed as a single, definitive reference on swimming pool safety and management, this text includes important chapters on first aid, lifeguarding and pool maintenance, as well as a hot tub and spa section. This comprehensive book is a valuable resource for swimming pool managers and technicians, university and college instructors, municipal and semi-public pool operators, lifeguards, swim coaches and private pool owners.
• The Second Edition is now bigger and better than ever and combines technical aspects of pool operations manuals with practical information of water safety texts. This popular book has been expanded to thirty chapters with the latest information available on a variety of topics. This second edition is written clearly and concisely: even complicated topics are easy to understand.
• The Complete Swimming Pool Reference, Second Edition, is the foundation for Practical Pool Management and Practical Pool Management Plus, two new training programs for pool operators offered only through Aquatic Safety Research Group, LLC!

Other programs using this text include:

Licensed Aquatic Facility Technician Course - Offered by the American Swimming Pool and Spa Association
Pool Operator Level 1 & Level 2 - Offered by the British Columbia Recreation and Parks Association

Special Features:

Comprehensive coverage of water chemistry
Information on decking, pool finishes, fencing and lighting
First aid section, including implementation of your facility's emergency action plan
Legal aspects of pool management, including citations of specific lawsuits
Section on hot tub and spa safety, operation and maintenance
Detailed chapter on water parks, ponds and winterization

UPDATED information in all chapters, including:

Chapter 1: A Pool Primer: Basic Characteristics of Pools
Chapter 2: Residential Pools
Chapter 3: Traditional Public Pools
Chapter 4: Circulation
Chapter 5: Filtration
Chapter 6: Design of Leisure Pool Filtration Systems (Contributing Author: Charles M. Neuman)
Chapter 7: Improving Air Quality in Indoor Pools (Contributing Author: Richard C. Scott, AIA)
Chapter 8: Disinfection and Alternative Sanitizers
Chapter 9: Chlorination and Bromination
Chapter 10: Superchlorination
Chapter 11: pH and Water Balance
Chapter 12: Water Testing
Chapter 13: Chemical Adjustments and Pool Calculations
Chapter 14: Pool Problems
Chapter 15: Recreation Water Illnesses (RWI's) (Contributing Author: Michael J. Beach, U.S. Centers for Disease Control)
Chapter 16: Hot Tubs and Spas
Chapter 17: Water Parks (Contributing Author: P. J. Heath, Sea World, San Antonio, TX)
Chapter 18: Winterizing
Chapter 19: Fitting Water Gardens into Your Aquatic Profession

NEW information on safety, supervision and risk management, including the following NEW chapters:

Chapter 20: Re-Thinking Pool Signage
Chapter 21: Diving and Other Headfirst Entries
Chapter 22: Body, Hair, and Limb Entrapments
Chapter 23: The Psychology of Lifeguarding
Chapter 24: Preventive Lifeguarding
Chapter 25: Practical Risk Management
Chapter 26: Legal Liability and Risk Management (Contributing Author: Annie Clement, Ph.D., J.D.)
Chapter 27: Emergency Actions Plans & Critical Incident Stress (Contributing Author: Shawn P. DeRosa, J.D.)
Chapter 28: Routine Operations: Daily, Weekly, Monthly
Chapter 29: Safe Handling of Pool Chemicals
Chapter 30: Americans with Disabilities (ADA) (Contributing Author: John McGovern, J.D.)