MARIETTA - New Americans with Disabilities Act regulations could force some smaller public pools to close next summer.
The new rules, which became law on March 15 of this year, require public pools and spas to provide at least two means for disabled persons to enter the water.
Compliance with the rules is mandated for all public facilities by March 15, 2012.
"The requirement is for a primary and secondary entrance for disabled people to get into the pool," said Mike Bishman, owner of Professional Pool Management LLC, which operates the Marietta Aquatic Center and six other area pools.
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if you want to drain the pools turn off the main drain which is in the bottom of the pool and if you have two skimmers this will be shut off also.do this after you turn off the pool. do not turn the valve in front of pump or you will burn the pump up.then turn on the pool and connect your vaccum hose in the skimmer nearest to the pump with pump running
That's a lot of water. If you're doing this yourself and you're not completely familiar with your pool equipment, there's a real risk of burning up a pump motor or two. I pumped out a swimming pool a few years ago. I went to an equipment rental place and rented a heavy duty sump pump. It came with about 200 feet of 2 inch hose and emptied a small