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SUNTRAP BRINGS IN NEW
NEWS IN BRIEF
POOL LIFTS FROM THE US
Pool future in doubt
A Newport swimming pool’s future
is in doubt after it was discovered
Birmingham based pool from epoxy powder-coated it needs more than £300,000 spent
equipment specialists Suntrap stainless steel to the same high on improvements. Lliswerry pool
Systems has added two lifts standard as the other hoists in our opened in 1975 and is part of the
designed for above-ground spas, product range, and have the leisure centre attached to the
pools and hot tubs to its range. same 28.5 stones lifting capacity. I secondary school. In the last year
The new products are a manual mentioned that our American the number of public swimmers
Super EZ Lift operated by supplier of disabled lifts was in the plummeted by more than 10,000
hydraulic ram, and a Super Power course of developing a new lift for from 24,611 to 13,460. Although
EZ Lift which has a battery- above-ground applications, well, the numbers of those taking
assisted “lift and lower” function even better, they came up with lessons rose by more than 4,000,
giving smooth transition into and two products.” income fell from £85,133 to
out of the spa or hot tub. £81,541 following complaints
Said Suntrap Managing
SUNTRAP SYSTEMS
about the condition of the
Director Janet Cornthwaite: facilities. Lliswerry’s existing plant
pc www.suntrap-systems.co.uk
“These lifts are manufactured is at the end of its serviceable life
and there are also issues with the
changing rooms. It would cost an
SNP ACCUSED OF estimated £70,000 to replace the
BREAKING ELECTION
SPATA defends industry
plant and around £250,000 to
SWIM PLEDGE refurbish the changing rooms.
The Scottish SNP has been
over water usage critisism
accused of breaking an election
pledge after it failed to meet a The UK’s specialist pool and swimming pool owners do Swimming moves to
deadline to provide school hot tub industry has been not routinely empty their second spot
children with free use of unfairly criticised in the debate pools. In fact, the only reason Swimming is officially the second
swimming pools. on water metering, says trade for emptying a pool is to carry most popular participation sport in
Only Inverclyde and Glasgow association SPATA. out repair or maintenance the United States. It experienced a
councils provide free swimming. Richard Carrington SPATA work inside the pool, and 6.1% increase in 2008 and moved
The accusation came after it Chairman said: “We object to even then it is often possible ahead of exercising with
was revealed that nine out of this blatant prejudice against to avoid draining the water by equipment for the second spot.
10 councils are still charging pools, when there is recent using divers for repair work, With its increase, swimming
youngsters for the use of pools evidence from the Office of or by transferring the water attracted 63.5 million participants
despite hopes that by April National Statistics that into an inflatable above- in the annual Sports Participation
this year they would all be free swimming is the most popular ground pool for temporary Survey. Exercise walking, which
of charge. and beneficial form of sporting storage while the work is experienced 7.6% growth, remains
Labour’s sports spokesman exercise in the country, carried out, to be returned the number one sport.
Frank McAveety has claimed helping in the fight against when the job is finished.
that it will damage hopes for obesity and contributing to The volume of an average
Scotland to produce top the health and safety of the in-ground domestic swimming Pure hot tub water
swimmers for the Glasgow 2014 general public. pool is about 75,000 litres The words “green”, “healthy” and
Commonwealth Games and “Before imposing further (10m x 5m x 1.5m). Water loss “hot tubs” have rarely been used in
pointed out that free swimming restrictions on paying can occur in two ways – the same sentence in the past, but
is available in England. customers of the water evaporation and splashing that’s changing because of a group
He also said it was the latest companies, the companies and/or backwashing the filter of products that The Natural Hot
in a long line of broken promises and OFWAT should make to clean it. Tub Company is distributing. The
from the 2007 SNP election more effort to cut leakage The net loss from enzyme-based products are pure,
manifesto, following failures to losses, which dwarf the water evaporation on an outdoor and produce water that can be
provide first-time buyers with usage of their customers with pool is only around 30 litres a emptied from hot tubs directly onto
£2,000, reduce class sizes, pools and spas. day – less than the water used lawns and trees, when cooled down
abolish the council tax, write off “Water metering is not in a daily 2 minute shower. with no harm. It is a revolutionary
student debt or provide two going to address the real issue In total, therefore the concept in the industry, one that
hours of PE in schools. of major water leakage by the average swimming pool uses has formerly cautious hot tub
“It simply isn’t good enough water companies, while they only 66 litres a day – less than purchasers enthusiastically enjoying
that this policy appears to have make millions in profits from a daily bath, and less than 2 the newly emphasised healing
been written off as yet another customers who do not have a daily showers. effects of hot tubs. Recent studies
broken promise. Instead we are choice in suppliers. Carrington added: “We among them Hot Water & Healthy
falling behind England.” “We believe that this have research that shows a Living, by Dr J.B. Smith of Indiana
Public Health and Sports emphasis on pools is based swimming pool uses about 20 University of Pennsylvania
Minister Shona Robison said that more on envy and prejudice inches per year in comparison published by the National
the SNP was barely halfway than on evidence of pools to lawn irrigation that uses 49 Swimming Pool Foundation-
through its four-year term of wasting substantial volumes of inches per year. It is high time promotes that hot water “helps
office and was working with water,“ he added. people checked their facts create healthier bodies, hearts,
councils to get the free swimming SPATA has thrown some before painting swimming minds and lifestyles”.
measures in place. “Swimming figures into the debate. It pools as the bad guys of See www.hotwaterbook.org for
secures significant funding from claims that once full, water conservation.” more information.
sportscotland,” she said.
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