Pool Regulations and Forms
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Swimming pools pose a unique mix of both potential health and safety dangers. Environmental Health inspects swimming pools to ensure chemical levels are sufficient to protect bathers from most harmful organisms as well as ensure adequate safety equipment is present.
THINGS TO KNOW
All public swimming pools, including neighborhood and apartment complex pools, are regulated and inspected by Public Health. Environmental Health Specialists conduct over 4,000 inspections each year to ensure swimming pool operators are maintaining safe and healthy pools. Inspections are conducted for not only chemical hazards but physical hazards as well.
Environmental Health Specialists inspect both seasonal pools and year-round pools regularly throughout the year. Staff also evaluates plans for any new construction or renovation to ensure structural/mechanical deficiencies are addressed.
Applications and forms for each county are listed below.
pool Regulations, applications, and resources for all counties
Swimming Pool Rules and Regulations
Swimming Pool Applications and Plan Review
Pool Operator Resources
Cryptosporidium Factsheet – English
Cryptosporidium Factsheet – Spanish
Fecal Incident & Outbreak Response in Pool Water – CDC
Vomit & Blood Contamination of Pool Water – CDC
Pool Disinfection for Bodily Waste
Approved Swimming Pool Operator Training
Daily Pool Chemical Testing Log
county-specific Pool letters, fees, and forms
Certified Pool Operator Classes
In Georgia, public swimming pools, spas, and recreational parks shall be maintained under the supervision and direction of a properly trained operator who shall be responsible for the sanitation, safety, and proper maintenance of the pool and all related equipment, and for daily recordkeeping.
GNR Public Health offers in-person certified pool operator class yearly in March. Dates for the yearly classes are available on our website as soon as they are confirmed. Registration is required. Space is limited.
Operators who need training may also visit Georgia Department of Public Health for a list of approved certified operator training course providers outside the health department.