[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Health of the Township of Lacey
8-2-1978 (Ch. 136 of the 1974 Code). Amendments noted where applicable.]
In order to protect the public health from the hazards of certain waterborne
infections, the following swimming water quality standards shall be maintained
by the owners and/or operators of swimming pools.
As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the meanings
indicated:
To conduct, maintain or otherwise provide facilities for bathing
at a swimming pool.
Includes corporations, companies, associations, societies, firms,
partnerships and joint-stock companies as well as individuals.
Includes fill-and-draw, flow-through and recirculation pools, outdoor
and indoor, which are artificially constructed to provide recreational facilities
for swimming, bathing or wading and all buildings, equipment and appurtenances
thereto. It shall not include naturally or artificially constructed outdoor
ponds, rivers or lakes or baths used for the cleansing of the body or the
practicing of the healing arts. It shall not include swimming or wading pools
established or maintained upon any premises by any individual for his own
or his family's use or use by guests of his household.
A.Â
Analysis. All chemical and bacteriological analyses of
swimming pool waters shall be made in accordance with the procedures set forth
in the latest edition of Standard Methods for the examination of Water and
Wastewater, published jointly by the American Public Health Association, the
American Water Works Association and the Water Pollution Control Federation.
Either the multiple tube fermentation or the membrane filter technique shall
be used.
B.Â
Procedure. Swimming pool operators shall have pool water
samples analyzed by a laboratory approved and/or licensed by the New Jersey
State Department of Health for such tests.
C.Â
Reports of all analyses shall be forwarded to the Lacey
Township Board of Health within forty-eight (48) hours of completion.
D.Â
Frequency. Samples shall be collected at least once every
two (2) weeks at each end of the pool during periods of heavy bathing loads.
E.Â
Bacterial quality standards. For the purpose of this
chapter, the bacterial quality of swimming pool waters shall be judged on
the basis of coliform densities determined by either the multiple tube fermentation
technique or the membrane filter test procedure.
(1)Â
Multiple tube fermentation technique:
(a)Â
Standard sampling. For the purpose of this chapter, a standard sampling shall consist of the ten (10) standard portions obtained from the two (2) samples taken from the pool in accordance with Subsection D.
(b)Â
Maximum coliform densities. Of all ten (10) standard
portions obtained from a standard sampling, not more than one (1) portion
shall show the presence of organisms of the coliform group at any time.
(2)Â
Membrane filter test:
(a)Â
Standard sample. A standard sample of pool water shall
consist of one hundred (100) milliliters.
(b)Â
Standard sampling. For the purpose of this chapter, a standard sampling shall consist of two (2) samples taken from the pool in accordance with Subsection D.
(c)Â
Maximum coliform densities. The number of coliform organisms
present shall not be more than one and zero-tenths (1.0) per standard sample
[one hundred (100) milliliters].
G.Â
Chemical quality.
(1)Â
Free chlorine residuals and pH values shall be determined
not less than four (4) times during any day the pool is in operation.
(2)Â
Free chlorine residuals and pH values shall be maintained
within the following ranges:
pH
|
Free Chlorine Residual
(parts per million)
| |
---|---|---|
7.2 to 8.2
|
At least 4
|
(3)Â
If other swimming pool water disinfectants are used,
residuals of equivalent disinfecting strength shall be maintained whenever
the pool is open or in use.
(4)Â
Comparators for measuring disinfectant residuals and
pH shall be provided.
H.Â
Physical quality. The water of a pool, when in use, shall
be sufficiently clear to permit a black disk six (6) inches in diameter superimposed
upon a white field placed at the bottom of the deepest end of the pool to
be clearly visible from the pool sidewalk at all distances up to ten (10)
yards measured in a horizontal distance from the projection of the disk onto
the pool surface.
All costs for analyses required by this chapter shall be borne by the
owner and/or operator of the swimming pool.
A swimming pool operated in violation of this chapter is hereby declared
to be a public health nuisance and may be ordered to cease operation upon
summary action by the Lacey Township Board of Health or its authorized agent,
in accordance with the provisions of N.J.S.A. 26:3-45 through 3-63.
Penalties for violation of this chapter shall be not less than five
dollars ($5.) nor more than five hundred dollars ($500.). Each day a violation
shall continue to exist shall be considered a separate offense subject to
penalty.