The National Association of County and City Health Officials (NACCHO) and Axiall Water Treatment Group, which is a part of Axiall Corporation (NYSE: AXLL) released “Looking for Trouble—Seeing Eye-to-Eye with Health Inspectors,” a report on commercial pool operations and inspections that highlights multiple violations in pool water safety. The report contains findings and recommendations from a 2014 comprehensive survey of aquatic health officals from across the United States and was released at the annual World Aquatic Health™ Conference (WAHC) in Portland, Oregon.

Representatives from Westlake Water Solutions and The National Association of County and City Health Officials (NACCHO) will present at the National Swimming Pool Foundation’s (NSPF) World Aquatic Health^TM Conference. 

Individuals who attend this session will get an in depth look at pool and spa facility inspections and findings.  Specifically, the presentation and will reveal hurdles associated with those inspections, areas that are most commonly cited as deficiencies at commercial pools, and ways in which best practices can be implemented to encourage pool operators to maintain their facilities within state and local aquatic health codes at all times.Conference, which is being held October 8-10, 2014 in Portland, Oregon.  Frank Schiffman, Westlake Water Solutions senior marketing manager and Jennifer Li, M.H.S., the director of environmental health and health and disability at NACCHO  will be leading a session titled “Looking for Trouble—Seeing Eye-to-Eye with Health Inspectors” on Friday, October 10, 2014 at 10 a.m.

As steamy weather drives throngs of visitors to pools and water parks this summer, swimming facility managers are busy ensuring the health and safety of swimmers—and a significant concern with so many bodies in the pool is the risk of infection. Last summer, a study of public pools conducted by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention found that 58 percent of the water samples collected contained E. coli bacteria; nearly 60 percent of the 160 pools sampled contained fecal contamination.