PHTA Announces 2025 Dr. R. Neil Lowry Grant Recipient
The Pool & Hot Tub Alliance announced Southern Nevada Health District in Las Vegas, Nevada, as the recipient of the 2025 Dr. R. Neil Lowry Grant. SNHD was honored during the PHTA Awards of Excellence Reception at the 2025 International Pool | Spa | Patio Expo in Las Vegas.
Given in the memory of Dr. Robert Neil Lowry, a longtime member of PHTA and the Recreational Water & Air Quality Committee, this $5,000 grant honors a public health official or department who has made outstanding contributions to advance the public’s health and safe use of recreational water in pools, spas and waterparks through educational, safety, operational and technical programs.
SNHD is responsible for serving the Las Vegas metropolitan area and all outlying municipalities in Clark County, encompassing over 5,000 aquatic venues. Since 2024, SNHD has been implementing risk factor surveys to help inspectors assess the safety of these venues, including lifeguard staffing, bather load, equipment and water treatment systems.
With the grant, SNHD will expand the survey program to allow for a more thorough analysis of the data to develop training materials for industry partners and enhance outreach efforts to aquatic facilities.
Previous grant winners include Central Valley Health District, 2024; Craven County Environmental Health, 2023; Fishers Health Department, 2022; and city of North Richland Hills, 2021.
For more information about the Dr. R. Neil Lowry Grant, visit phta.org/lowry-grant.
