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Public Water Facilities
The Clark County Health Department regulates public water
facilities in Clark County, Indiana. Public water facilities
include swimming pools, spa pools, hot tubs, and wading pools at
apartments, condominiums, townhouses, hotels, motels, schools, community
centers, health clubs, mobile home parks, campgrounds, and resorts. The
goal of this program is to certify that all public pools are free of
safety hazards and any public health risk of communicable diseases.
Many documents
are available for download in Adobe PDF format which requires the free
software
Adobe Acrobat Reader.
The Clark County Health Department requires an operating permit for all
public water facilities in Clark County, Indiana. You can download
an
Application for Public Water Facilities or call the Clark County
Health Department for more information. An inspection of the
facility is required. A copy of the
inspection form is available for download. |
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Public Water Health & Safety
The Clark County Health
Department is dedicated to reducing recreational water illnesses (RWI's).
RWI's are illnesses that are spread by swallowing, breathing, or
contact with contaminated water from public water facilities, as well as
lakes, streams and rivers. RWI's can cause a wide variety of
symptoms, including infections in the eye, skin, ear, respiratory tract,
and in wounds. The most commonly reported recreational water illness is
diarrhea. Diarrheal illnesses can be caused by germs such as
e. coli, cryptosporidium, giardia and shigella. More
information on recreational water illnesses can be found on the Centers
for Disease Control (CDC)
safe
swimming website. More information on swimming pool safety,
operation and regulations can be found
at this link to the Indiana State Department of Health Website.
Guidelines for handling a swimming pool fecal accident
are available in Adobe PDF format on the CCHD
pool
accident and injury page.
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