Testing of disinfectants and pH levels
7 Testing of disinfectants and pH levels
The disinfectant level and the pH level of the water in a bromine or chlorine disinfected pool with a continuous metered disinfectant dosing system must be tested manually once every day before the pool opens for use.
The disinfectant level and the pH level of the water in a bromine or chlorine disinfected pool with an automated disinfectant dosing system must—
be recorded every day once before the pool opens for use by the public and once during the period in which the pool is being used, and
be tested manually once every day.
The disinfectant level and the pH level of the water in a pool must be tested more frequently than provided for by subsections (1) and (2) if the occupier of the premises at which the pool is situated considers it necessary, taking into account the following—
the number of people swimming in the pool at a particular time,
the hours of operation of the pool,
the depth of the pool,
the effect of sunlight on disinfectant levels.
In this section—
disinfectant level means—
for a bromine disinfected pool—the concentration of bromine in the water, and
for a chlorine disinfected pool—the concentration of free available chlorine and the total chlorine level of the water.
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