West Virginia Swimming Pool Safety Code

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Enacted by the U.S. President Bush on December 2007, the Virginia Graeme Baker Pool and Spa Safety Act (P&SSAct) is effective since the December 19, 2008. This code is planned to foreclose swimming pools hazards. The dangers of pools like body entrapments or eviscerations are more often invisible and deadly.

The Virginia Graeme Baker Act gave U.S. CPSC criteria for pool and spa insurance. Under the law, all drain covers must match ASME/ANSI A112.19.8-2007 in all public swimming pools and Spas. The water installations which have a single main drain other than an unblockable drain must install a 2nd device to fight out entrapments.

The fabrication, the sale or distribution of drain covers which are not in compliance with the protection touchstones required by the CPSC is prohibited in USA to ensure that all drain covers available in the market place are compliant with safety stipulations.

Each public pools must establish anti-entrapment drain covers and implement other layers of security such as safety vacuum release systems or fences.

A swimming pool contractor should ensure that the pool and / or spa are compliant with the federal Virginia Graeme Baker Pool & Spa Safety Act.

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