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WATERPARKS ‘GET
The organisation which
NEWS IN BRIEF
represents the world’s major
TOGETHER’ IN FLORIDA
water parks is holding its annual New laws in India
trade show in October. The charge responsibilities
World Waterpark Association Deaths due to drowning in
symposium and trade will swimming pools in parts of India
include more than 50 seminars has become the responsibility of
and workshops when it holds its the contractors who manage the
29th symposium and trade show pools. A test case which has ended
20 to 24 October 2009. The in a formal ruling says it is now up
event will take place at the to the contractors and societies to
Coronado Springs Resort & provide security at swimming
Convention Center at Walt pools and not the organisations
Disney World in Orlando, who run the buildings where the
Florida. More than 50 seminars pools are housed.
and workshops by 100 speakers The Supreme Court has ruled
will cover a number of water- that the safety requirements are
leisure topics, including now the legal responsibility of
marketing, risk management, those who build and maintain the
maintenance and waterpark pools and not those charged with
development and expansion. running the day to day
operations. There has been a
WWA
record number of drownings
throughout India this year and
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the new law is being seen as the
first move to be able to
prosecute for failing to maintain
NEW TEXAS LAWS THREATEN TOUGHER CONTROLS
the legal requirements of the
Swimming Pools and Under aqua
A new pool and spa safety bill well. In addition to the drain system, as well as some of the Sports Act of 2000.
passed in the United States by requirements found in the shut-off devices. The specialist
the Texas senate threatens to federal law, the Texas legislation pool and spa industry groups
impose even tougher controls would require a safety vacuum support the bill in principle, Top US pool company
on the specialist trade than release system, suction-limiting but are working to modify changes hands
even the anti-entrapment vent or other such device as a certain parts of it. The bill also Pulliam Pools, one of the largest
federal Virginia Graeme Baker backup on all pools to prevent a includes other drowning- swimming pool builders in the
Pool and Spa Safety Act. The vacuum from forming. If prevention requirements, United States, has been bought
new law takes many anti- passed, the law will apply to including a stipulation that all by two of its employees. Owner
entrapment law requirements pools and spas built on or after pools be outfitted with Barry Pulliam sold the company,
for commercial vessels and 1 September 2009. Existing “barriers to entry designed to which has been trading for
places them on all pools and single-drain pools renovated effectively prevent small almost 100 years and is one of
spas statewide. And if passed after that date must be children from gaining the best brand names in the
as currently written, it would modified to have a dual-drain, unsupervised and unfettered pool business to General
add other requirements as unblockable drain or drainless access”. Manager Debra Smith and Sales
Manager Mike Clark. “I know it
would have been ideal to
advance the family business to a
PORTUGAL HOPES FOR fourth generation,” Pulliam said.
POOL CHEMICALS
BUMPER SHOW “But while not biologically
The 8th Portuguese related, both Debra and Mike
DUMPING SPARKS FIRES
International Pool & Spa are family, too. They have been
Exhibition, is being held in a critical part of the success of
Three recent fires have sparked concern over the improper Santarém at the National this business.”
disposal of residential pool and hot tub chemicals in Canada and Exhibition Centre on 8 to 11 Based in Fort Worth Texas,
the eastern United States – including chlorine, acids, bases and October against a backdrop of Pulliam Pools was founded in
neutralizers – as part of household garbage. an unexpected good year for 1916 by Theo Pulliam who
Even if in a sealed container, discarded water treatment products the country’s swimming pool began the company as a
in a landfill are compacted and pushed by heavy equipment, industry. Trade reports show that concrete contractor. His son and
causing containers to rupture. Liquid, granular and solid chemicals 2009 started with higher than second-generation owner,
then spill into surrounding waste, causing a reaction that can start expected pool constructions and Doren, helped develop the
fires under the surface. In one instance chlorine gas was released, with hot tub sales 10% up year process of pneumatically
causing a worker to suffer temporary breathing problems. on year. The trade show expects applying concrete that has
The Canadian and US government has urged residents to take a record number of visitor and become standard for the pool
chemicals to hazardous waste disposal areas in the original sealed exhibitors. Last year the trade industry. In 1984, Barry Pulliam
containers, which will prevent chemicals from mixing or leaking. was caught up in an Iberian purchased the company from his
“Residents can bring in unused pool chemicals, as well as a Peninsular downturn with father, growing it from 50 pools
variety of other household cleaners, and drop them off at no holiday developments delayed a year to 100 in his first 12
charge at our recycling area,” says one site operations manager, and cancelled. months as owner. At the
Tom Watkins. “It costs residents nothing and protects the health economy’s peak in 2005, Pulliam
and safety of our employees, contractors, members of the public
SALAO PISCINAS
built 500 pools.
and the environment.”
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