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US HOT TUB TRADE FRETS
ABOUT ENERGY EFFICIENT LAWS
pumps to use the original text of “One of the things we’ve
California’s Title 20 regulations. agreed with is a simple first step
“They’re pulling sections out … by just going to cap-start,
of the Californian law but there cap-run motors,” said Kevin
are no teeth in that because Tucker, the council’s information
Title 20 has about 15 pages officer. “The cost to the
related to pools and spas,” said consumer is very low.”
Steve Barnes, Chairman of the The US hot tub industry has
Association of Pool & Spa been affected before by out-of-
Professionals. date energy language for pools
By using only part of the and spas.
energy regulations, lawmakers One of the industry’s
are leaving out the language problems is different state laws,
that includes replacement and different timings between
motors and defines a pump’s states. Florida’s regulations
total horsepower. Many in the don’t take effect until 2011,
trade believe spa giving lawmakers ample time to
manufacturers are held to an make changes. Updated
almost impossibly strict language on spa efficiency
standard for testing efficiency. testing and pool pumps could
The Aquatic Professionals be taken directly from the
Lawmakers throughout the efficient pools and spas. Bills in Education Council, an Austin, upcoming federal Energy Policy
United States are following Texas, Nevada, Michigan, New Texas-based lobbying group, and Conservation Act if an
California’s lead to introduce Jersey and Washington are is working to amend the amendment is passed to include
laws ensuring more energy- seeking portable spas and pool Texas bill. pools and spas.
AUSTRALIA LOOKS TO CHANGE
MEDIA REPORTS CAUSE TROUBLE
FENCING SAFETY LAWS
FOR AUSTRALIAN TRADE
One example of sensational media reporting at the expense of
Two states in Australia are recommendations could impact the Australian swimming pool industry came with a scare that
looking at making changes to on the design and construction children were in danger from simazine, a chemical used in the
safety laws- without consulting of swimming pools. treatment of algaecides. SPLASH!, the Australian trade
the specialist pool trade. Queensland is undergoing magazine ran an article on simazine highlighting the fact that
The Swimming Pools Act of a similar review, with the chemical is under review, following lobbying from the
1992 covers a number of Queensland‘s Swimming Friends of the Earth.
recommendations including Pool and Spa Association The issue of simazine-based algaecides in swimming pools is
the removal of existing Chief Executive David Close complex – with the waters muddied by the fact it is also used in
exemptions for pool barriers, telling specialist trade higher concentrations for agriculture, where it has been feared it
mandatory inspection of magazine Splash he is not would enter the groundwater and hence the drinking water.
pools, a requirement for unhappy with the Australian TV station Network 10 carried a news story on
councils to keep a pool recommendations in general. simazine focused on the lingering shots of the “skull’s head”
register, an increase in “It’s a reasonable poison warning, and the word “algaecide”. However, none of
penalties for non-compliance compromise and a safe way to the pool products they showed in their piece actually
and a provision for councils to make sure swimming pool included simazine!
undertake remedial work. fencing complies,” he says. The news article showed Lo-Chlor algaecides LCC, Miraclear and
In New South Wales and “At the moment, our local Tropiclear – despite the fact that no Lo-Chlor products contain
Queensland the official state legislation provides 11 simazine. The camera even surveyed the name of the active
line was that “all stakeholders” standards of swimming pool constituent in Maxi Floc Plus – polyaluminium chloride complex –
had been approached for their fencing depending on what without the producers becoming aware that these products
views, that didn’t seem to year the pool was built in. This weren’t simazine-based. Lo-Chlor had a spate of calls from
include the swimming pool and will rationalise it down to confused customers and protested to Network 10. The newsreader
spa industry. Some probably two standards.” apologised on air the next day.
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