1. Crypto and pools Myths and realities Ralph Riley Director of the Pool Water Treatment Advisory Group Former CX of Institute of Bath Management (ISRM) UK swimming pool expert in European and World sports standards

2. Myths and realities for pool operators Babies swimming The wrong pools Inadequate pools Bad habits Maladjusted behaviour Forms of faeces – ways of dealing with them Secondary disinfection Staff competence Prevention

4. Babies swimming - The facts Pseudo science Water too cold Nappies don’t protect against crypto pollution Babies swallow water Crypto not affected by normal levels chlorine Chemical effects of pools – not for babies Babies at risk

5. Hydrotherapy pools Are hydrotherapy pool suited to baby classes?

6. Inadequate pools Complicated pipe runs that no one is aware of- Consequences can be poor hydraulics and short circuits

7. Bad habits A poster designed to encourage kids to do the right thing

8. A shower designed to get the important bits clean A shot from the 30’s showing that even in those early days they knew hot to get the fundamentals right

9. In earlier days of swimming baths we knew what was important and promoted it! A poster from the Health and Cleanliness Council – whatever happened to this laudable body – we need them today more than ever

10. The ubiquitous footbath In the UK we were fastidious about preventing foot infections More significant areas of the body were to publicly sensitive to mention

11. Individual showers where bathers can strip off to shower before using the pool

12. Need to raise awareness that we share the water we swim in People need to know that a swimming pool is much like a bath at home Would you share your bath water with someone who was not clean?

13. Member club, high fee paying swimming pool changing

15. Can a chocolate bar close a pool?

16. Pooping toddlers shut new Montrose swimming pool three times Pooping toddlers shut a new £9 million Scottish swimming pool three times in 12 days. Dainty deposits from young swimmers at Montrose Sports Centre led to officials repeatedly closing pools due to “unforeseen circumstances” last month.

17. A swimsuit parade in Australia to break a world record The reality of evacuating a UK pool on a rainy day in winter is not so pleasant

18. Stool classification Cryptosporidiosis characterised by Acute diarrhoea – watery liquid diarrhoea But someone recovering from Cryptosporidiosis can continue to carry oocysts in their stools for up to 14 days

19. Solid faeces in pools Scoop the poop and put it where it should be Unlikely to be from someone with an acute gastric illness If the operator is not certain of 100% removal then treat as runny faeces Dependent upon the contamination we recommend closing for say 30mins to allow all visual evidence to be removed or dissipate

20. Runny faeces in pools If it’s a diarrhoeal type of incident then suspect crypto Most viruses and bacteria killed in seconds by chlorine not so crypto Safest option is to close the pool Multi solution – filtraton/coagulation, superchlorination, UV

23. UV recommended by PWTAG

24. Staff competence Welsh study showed Many pools did not have and could not draw a schematic drawing of the pipework layout They did not have appropriate management of their filter operation Had limited or no policy for dealing with a crypto incident

25. Ralphs christmas wish list Trained staff Good hygiene and cleaning Controlled entry Effective pre swim hygiene Pee before swimming Babys pools or leak proof neoprene pants Medium rate filters with low dose coagulation UV Effective backwashing Good hydraulics

26. Unannounced health inspections Bring back, where they don’t exist, unannounced pool health inspections carried out by trained officers who know what they are talking about HAVE A HAPPY Crypto free CHRISTMASS