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EASY DOSE IT AT
PAULTONS WATER PARK
For any water park, the quality of the water is
as important as the quality of the rides. When
the Paultons family theme park on the edge of
the New Forest invested in a new children’s
water play park, they set the highest standards
in demanding a chemical dosing system that
Park owners demanded a safe, effective
dosing system which they could guarantee
should be ‘as easy to maintain as it is accurate’
as being safe for children
hemical dosing systems can be be removed and replaced with a custom
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difficult at the best of times. An made Etatron amperometric triple pump
increasing number of swimming dosing system, supplied by Certikin.
pool owners, particularly those “The service from Certikin and Etatron
with commercial pools have fairly basic was first class,” says Ambassador Pool’s
needs when it comes to installing such a Managing Director Verdun Bailey. “The
system – it needs to be easy to maintain whole procedure was very professional and
and accurate, therefore guaranteeing the seamless, from the initial site survey through
safety of swimmers. to the commissioning of the equipment.”
This double request was the theme when Simon Jay Managing Director of Etatron
Paultons, the popular Hampshire theme park, says: “The hydraulics at the Paultons Park
installed a new pool designed as a children’s project were complex; sanitizer needed to
water play park. A safe effective dosing be distributed across the site to enable
system which they knew would be safe for sampling and control to ensure a constant
children was at the top of their priorities. residual value. One of the most common
The owners opted for the services of operational problems we come across is
Ambassador Pools and Leisure at nearby the consideration of how individual items
Ringwood to advise and install the system. of plant come together efficiently and
The Etatron dosing system supplied by operate to the satisfaction of the client.”
Certikin was the solution recommended by He added: ”As an equipment
Ambassador. manufacturer we welcome the opportunity
Paultons Park, which was opened in 1983, to be involved with projects as soon as is
now attracts over half a million visitors each practically possible. Our preference is to
year. In spring last year the directors of the survey the site, consider the water tanks, mixers, controllers and dosing
business took the decision to invest and chemistry of the source water, speak to the accessories to cater for all requirements.
install two new attractions for the 2009 client and indeed the day-to-day operator. The bespoke service includes:
season – a thrilling new ‘Disk’o Coaster’ ride This helps us to select components from Analysis of the source water
called EDGE and a new 8,500 ft
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water our range that best suit the task at hand. Expert recommendation of the chemicals
splash park called Water Kingdom. This allows us to assess the potential required for correction purposes
The plan for Water Kingdom involved hazards of chemical handling and storage A comprehensive range that includes
utilising the existing 115,000 litre water tank and the level of training that is required to manual user friendly correction systems
from the existing Raging River Ride log operate the plant efficiently.” right through to fully integrated data
flume. This in turn required a much more Water Kingdom was opened shortly recording controllers with GSM dial-up
efficient dosing system than the old one, in before Easter and the Park’s General for remote communication purposes
order to produce water of swimming pool Manager, Mark Taylor says that he is Advanced technology controllers which
standard. The owners wanted complete delighted with the dosing system’s smooth include a MML memory card slot for
guarantees about the safety and efficiency operation. “We check it four or five times built-in data recording
of the system particularly as the theme park each day and occasionally calibrate it but
attracts so many children. other than that there is very little to do. I
FOR MORE INFORMATION
“A system less than 100% wasn’t an would highly recommend it as a quality
AMBASSADOR POOLS & LEISURE
option,” said Ambassador. system, especially for commercial pools.”
telephonesolid 01425 477060
Aside from installing three filters and Certikin has been working with Etatron
CERTIKIN
pumps, the pool specialists recommended for over 12 years to offer a range of dosing
telephonesolid 01993 778855
that the old chemical dosing system should systems, metering pumps, chemical holding
pc
www.certikin.co.uk
28 swimming pool news JUNE 09 Digital edition available at
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