Section 820.350  Operation Reports and Routine Sampling

a)         Operation Reports.  The pool manager/operator shall record swimming pool or other pool operational data daily on a report form furnished by the Department, or equivalent that shall be kept at the facility for a minimum of three years for inspection by the Department.  A separate report form shall be completed for each pool in a multiple pool complex.

b)         Water Quality Testing.  Disinfectant residual and pH tests shall be made on samples collected from the shallow and deep areas of each swimming pool, and from wading pools, plunge pools and other pools at least twice daily. Where chlorine is used as a disinfectant, testing for combined chlorine shall be performed at least weekly.  In addition, where chlorinated cyanurates are utilized as a chlorine disinfectant, testing for cyanuric acid concentration shall be performed at least weekly.

c)         Where ozone is utilized, testing to determine the ozone concentration immediately above the pool water surface shall be performed monthly.

(Source:  Amended at 23 Ill. Reg. 6079, effective May 20, 1999)