Code of Massachusetts Regulations
105 CMR - DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH
Title 105 CMR 435.000 - Minimum Standards For Swimming Pools (state Sanitary Code: Chapter V)
Operation and Maintenance
Section 435.36 - Splash Down Pools

Universal Citation: 105 CMR 435.000 MA Code of Regs 435.36

Current through Register 1531, September 27, 2024

(1) The splashdown pool operating water depth at the end of the flume shall be between 2 1/2 and 3 1/2 feet. This depth shall be maintained in front of the flume for a distance of at least ten feet, from which the splash down pool floor may have a constant slope upward to a minimum water depth of two feet. This slope shall not be steeper than 1 vertical in 12 horizontal. The bottom shall slope to the main drain at least two inches in ten feet.

(2) A surge storage area shall be provided, which will contain the water used for pumping onto the slide during periods when the slide is not in use, except where the splash down pool is a swimming pool where the water elevation will not be lowered by more than one inch when the flume pumps are in operation.

(3) Where a swimming pool is used as a splash down pool the area where the slide exits shall be roped off from the area of the pool used for swimming and bathing. Distances to any roping shall comply with the clearances specified in 105 CMR 435.35(6).

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