Design and Operation Guidelines
These are Healthy Swimming recommendations for appropriate pool and spa design and operation.
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Pool and Spa Design
Consumer Product Safety Commission (main website)
Designing Public Swimming Facilities 
(PDF, 54 KB)
Historical CDC Design and Operation Manuals
Pool and Spa Operation
Recommendations for Preventing Pool Chemical--Associated Injuries (PDF, 59 KB)
Pool Operation (PDF, 52 KB)
Spa Operation (PDF, 71 KB)
Inflatable and Plastic Pools (PDF, 113 KB)
Therapy Pool Operation in Healthcare Facilities
Historical CDC Design and Operation Manuals
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Division of Parasitic Diseases
National Center for Zoonotic, Vector-borne, and Enteric Diseases
Page last modified: April 20, 2009