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Welcome to the online resources of The Pool Water Treatment Advisory Group (PWTAG), an independent, non-commercial membership organisation dedicated solely to raising standards in swimming pool water treatment.
PWTAG's members and technical advisers include most specialist organisations with an interest in pool water treatment and pool users; but PWTAG is able to pursue its work without any commercial or other influence.
Seminar on crypto in pools
Read the latest findings on Asthma in Swimming Pools and the use of UV for pool water on our Research Forum
New energy efficiency measures published
PWTAG on Faecal Contamination
Read the latest minutes of PWTAG meetings
Glass filter media - a PWTAG statement
New guidance on Cryptosporidium from the UK Reference Unit
SWIMMING POOL WATER
The essential guide for everyone involved in the design, treatment, management and scrutiny of pools of all sorts – expanded, refined, updated, still authoritative.
Chapter 1, What is a swimming pool? available free here
Visit Publications for more information or to order your copy
Pool chlorine tied to lung damage in elite swimmers-study
Could swimming in an indoor chlorinated pool cause hormone problems in boys?
Hundreds of people apply for jobs at new Harborne pool
St Albans toddler drowns in swimming pool
Birmingham's oldest working swimming pool re-opens
Underwater cameras installed at Harpenden swimming pool
Chlorination device explodes at SMSU
Broomhill Pool gets £1m pledge from Ipswich council
Salt water pools taking over from chlorine based ones