Pool foulings a tough duty for those behind the scenes
It may be a joke to some, but pool foulings are no laughing matter when it comes to the work surrounding the issue.
Although many of the foulings happen by accident, there’s a process in place that staff must follow when someone relieves themselves in a pool. Jodi Hargreaves, CUplex Manager, knows this and has seen it firsthand. She told battlefordsNOW the process which follows.
“The lifeguards have to notify each other, and then we have to notify the supervisors and then immediately clear that area, if not the whole pool,” she said. “From that point, there needs to be a disinfection process that goes on. For instance, if it’s in the wave pool, then they have to clear the wave pool and everyone has to go to the hot tub or the large pool.”
The disinfectant process takes a lot longer than most would think, Hargreaves said.