NEWS IN BRIEF
UK’S FIRST BRITISH SAFETY STANDARD FOR SWIMMING Water Babies, the world’s largest swim school, the Amateur Swimming Association (ASA) and specialist baby swim product manufacturer Splash About have joined forces to initiate a new Code of Practice that is set to revolutionise the baby swimming industry by raising the bar for professionalism. With an anticipated launch to the industry in August 2015 and backed by the BSI, the UK’s National Standards Body, this Code of Practice will address the present lack of co-ordinated guidelines for organisations working in this space. It will affect anybody that operates within the arenas of teaching children under five to swim and the associated photography, especially underwater.
EMBASSY ROLE FOR FT LEISURE Embassy Gardens is a comprehensive re-development of approximately 15 acres of land in Nine Elms, London – part of a massive regeneration project for the area
The scheme wraps around the site of the new US Embassy and will provide new homes alongside shops, restaurants, office space and other facilities including a health and wellbeing centre which will feature an indoor/outdoor swimming pool. FT Leisure has been
appointed to install the stainless steel tank for the swimming pool and will be working alongside the sub-contractor, Invarmex, who will design and manufacture the tank. FT Leisure will also be responsible for the water treatment, filtration systems and water features including pool lighting and the creation of a channel from the indoor pool to the outdoor pool which will include a channel shutter system for added security. In addition, the company will provide the concealed pool cover for the outdoor pool.
www.swimmingpoolnews.co.uk Temporary Pool Opens Its Doors In Dumfries
Following the temporary closure of the highly- publicised DG One Leisure Complex in October, Dumfries and Galloway Council has partnered with Total Swimming to provide a 25m temporary swimming pool to the residents of Dumfries. Housed in an ice rink car park near to the existing facility, the five lane, 25m pool is 1.2m deep and accommodates 80 swimmers at one time. Equipped with a range of ancillary services including changing rooms, reception area and toilets, the pool has been constructed in partnership with temporary building specialists, Spaciotempo.
The new facility ensures Dumfries and Galloway’s service provision can continue following the closure of the DG One Leisure Complex, due to remedial work. It is already being used for public swimming, lessons and with clubs and schools also relocating to the new facility, continued revenue generation will be achieved.
Leader of Dumfries and Galloway Council, Ronnie Nicholson said: “The pool is a fantastic facility;
not only can local residents continue to enjoy their swimming activities but it allows for essential remedial work on the existing leisure complex.” Former Olympic medallist and Director of Total Swimming, Steve Parry added: “I’m very proud to have completed our second 25m pool installation for Dumfries and Galloway Council, this pool will serve as an integral part of the council’s local leisure facilities over the next two years.” Industry specialists, Spaciotempo erected the
pool’s steel framed building which contains PVC coated walls. Coupled with their thermo-envelope translucent roofing system the temporary structures boasts an efficient, environmentally-friendly and cost-effective heating system. Managing Director of Spaciotempo, Scott Jameson said: “We are delighted to support the council with their new pool and we hope the swimmers enjoy the facility.”
Total Swimming 0161 764 2224
www.totalswimming.co.uk
Dryden Aqua Founder Discusses Global Challenges With Al Gore
Dr Howard Dryden from Dryden Aqua recently had a meeting with Al Gore and Amir Dossal at a World Policy Institute event to discuss emerging global challenges such as priority chemical pollution and climate change. Climate change is caused by an increase in the greenhouse gas CO2
as well
as methane from the burning of fossil fuels and concentrations are set to double by the year 2050 (International Energy Agency). If we accept this as fact, then there is really very little that can be done to reverse the trend and the impact of climate change will be inevitable.
Howard Dryden is a marine biologist working on marine biodiversity and climate change for the last 30 years and offers hope that there may be solution. A hypothesis has been developed and presented on
www.Goes.Foundation that relates a reduction in oceanic primary productivity and acidification caused by priority chemical pollution, to the increase in atmospheric CO2 The atmospheric CO2
. increase is still caused by
the burning of fossil fuels but it is the inability of the oceans to sequester carbon that has allowed the atmospheric concentrations to increase and the pH to fall.
Dr Dryden said: “Given by the rate of change of ocean acidification, we have only 25 years to stop the pollution before a cascade destabilisation of the marine ecosystem and loss of all fish and marine mammals, the
effects of which will be far worse than climate change. We have to stop using toxic chemicals such as PCB’s, PBDE, organo-tins and mercury and disposing of them in the environment. If this is not possible then we need the technology to remove them from the water.
“In the swimming pool industry we all have a responsibility to protect the environment. This means we must uses chemicals responsibly and avoid using chemicals that are toxic and persistent such as heavy metals including silver. At a recent symposium by the STA in Birmingham a report confirms that nearly 20% of all public pool operators don’t even know what form of disinfectant is being used in their public pool. “ We must raise the standards in the UK and bring them up to the same level as Germany and the rest of Europe. The chlorine smell in a public pool is not chlorine, it is a toxic gas called nitrogen trichloride that causes lung damage, and in addition to this gas you will also find chloroform and cyanide. When you enter a pool building if you can still detect the chlorine smell after two minutes then the conditions are not safe for the public and most especially young children and the
staff working in the facility. The UK must work towards implementation of the
German DIN standards and a professional qualification for looking after water treatment systems.”
Dryden Aqua Ltd 01875 822222
www.drydenaqua.com SPN December 2014 7
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