The 2025 PWTAG conference is being held on Thursday 6 November 2025 at Holywell Park, Loughborough.
This year’s annual PWTAG conference “World Class Pool Water” will be face to face again and will take the form of a master class on the best practice to achieve optimal swimming pool water quality. For the last afternoon session participants from educational establishments will also be able to join via the internet.
Nationally and internationally renowned speakers will share their wealth of knowledge and experience. Presentations will cover how our approaches to managing pool water chemistry, pH and disinfection control may need to be changed; future approaches to water testing; do we need to change how we determine bather load; what can we learn from other European practices; how do we design an energy efficient pool; how are microbiological standards for water derived and where are they going and how the health authorities investigate your facility if it is linked to an outbreak of disease?
The final session will be devoted to the use of temporary pools particularly for teaching swimming. This session will open to participants from schools to join over the internet for a moderate fee. They will be able to hear the viewpoints of operators on the challenges and successes. There will be a discussion of their installation, water treatment, monitoring and how to manage the potential risks of infection.
You can find full details of the conference below, including the presentations and the post-conference summary:
View the details of the PWTAG conference final session
- Ahmed Abdalla-Future Methods of Online Monitoring
- Alexander Kaempfe-Water treatment of public swimming pools according to DIN 19643
- Colin Day and Jessica McKenna-Future Water Testing
- Ian Nicks-pH,Alkalinity and Coagulation-flocculation, An operational viewpoint
- Martin Wood-Revisiting the Basis for Calculating Bathing Loads and Circulation Rates for Pools
- Mike Shuff-Water Treatment in Temporary Pools
- Rob Johnston-A masterclass on achieving best practice in Swimming Pool Water treatment
- Sonia Guri – A Sustainable and Safe Approach for Swimming Pools
