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• BS EN 15072 - Sodium dichloroisocyanurate, anhydrous.
• BS EN 15073 - Sodium dichloroisocyanurate, dehydrate.
• BS EN 15074 - Ozone. • BS EN 15075 - Sodium hydrogen carbonate.
• BS EN 15076 - Sodium hydroxide. • BS EN 15077 - Sodium hypochlorite. • BS EN 15078 - Sulfuric acid. • BS EN 15362 - Sodium carbonate. • BS EN 15363 - Chlorine. • BS EN 15513 - Carbon dioxide. • BS EN 15514 - Hydrochloric acid. • BS EN 15796 - Calcium hypochlorite. • BS EN 15797 - Iron based coagulants. • BS EN 16038 - Sodium hydrogen sulfate. • BS EN 16380 - Potassium peroxomonosulfate.
• BS EN 16381 - Sodium peroxodisulfate. • BS EN 16399 - Sodium thiosulfate. • BS EN 16400 - Hydrogen peroxide. • BS EN 16401 - Electrochlorinator salts.
There are two other standards where products are used for the treatment of swimming pool water: • BS EN 15798 - Filter media. • BS EN 15799 - Powdered activated carbon.
Other Swimming Standards These standards include a range of topics, such as water slides, buoyant aids for swimming instruction, specifications for managing swimming schools and a new project to revisit an old British Standard on swimming goggles into a world-wide standard.
BS EN 1069 focuses on water slides of 2m height and has two parts, with part 1 detailing safety requirements and test methods, while part 2 deals with instructions. Currently the group dealing with this standard are also looking at a similar standard for water parks and water play equipment BS EN 13138 deals with Buoyant Aids for Swimming Instruction dealing with safety requirements and test methods for buoyant aids to be worn (part 1), buoyant aids to be held (Part 2) and swim seats to be worn (Part 3). BS 5883 is currently being reviewed as the specification for surface swimming goggles. It is hoped that there will be a worldwide standard produced through the International Standards Organisation (ISO). Finally, some standards are Publicly
Available Specifications (PAS) such as PAS 81:2011, specification for the management of a swimming school. A PAS is a process to develop a specification that can be rapidly developed to meet the needs of industry. The PAS is not in itself a British Standard.
How Does The Process Of European Standardisation Work? Each of these European standards is managed by a specific Technical Committee (TC) within the European Committee for
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Standardisation (CEN), and there are Working Groups (WG) under the TCs to write individual documents. For instance, CEN/ TC 136/WG 8 manages a number of the standards above (such as EN 15288 and EN 13451), but the domestic pool standards are overseen by CEN/TC 402, while the pool liner standards are managed by CEN/TC 249 and the swimming pool chemical standards are overseen by CEN/TC 164! Within the EU States and the other relevant countries from the wider European Economic Area (EEA) there are 33 countries that have a right to comment on the standards via their National Standards Body (NSB), as well as representative consumer groups, such as ANEC. Each NSB has the opportunity to organise a mirror committee to ensure that views are fed back to the European committee to help shape the content. As the UK’s National Standards Body (NSB), this is the role undertaken by BSI as part of a network that is ultimately co-ordinated by CEN. Many of the standards above are contributed to through UK mirror committee SW/136 /8 (Swimming pools & aquatic equipment) as this allows all of the relevant experts from the represented groups
The impact of European standards is not only relevant to public use and commercial pools, but there are a
variety of European standards about to be published, providing guidance on domestic pools as well
to have their say on the standards. It is important to remember that each standard is developed for a period of five years and then is subject to systematic review. There will be public consultation on any European standard, called a ‘CEN Public Enquiry’. It is important to have our say, but important to remember that there are potentially 32 other voices that may not agree with ours, so consensus is very important. The end process is intended to be a workable standard that can be delivered by the whole of Europe, not just some European Member States.
Readers who are interested in contributing to the work on European Standards should contact Matthew Marshall, Programme Manager, Secretary to SW/136/8 on +44 (0)20 8996 7832 or email:
matthew.marshall@
bsigroup.com
Ralph Riley is an independent advisor on sport, recreation and swimming pools, who is Chairman of the British Standards committee (SW/136) covering all sports activities (including swimming pools). He is a Director of PWTAG and also a Director of Swimathon.
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