PHTA Completes Revision of APSP-11 Standard for Water Quality in Public Pools and Spas, Begins ANSI Public Review Period

The Pool & Hot Tub Alliance welcomes public review and comments on revisions to the ANSI/APSP/ICC-11 2019 American National Standard for Water Quality in Public Pools and Spas. Public review is a fundamental part of the American National Standards Institute standards consensus development process.

The standard provides recommended minimum guidelines for the specifications for water quality parameters in the public swimming pool and spa industry. It covers several values relating to various chemicals that are acceptable for pool and spa operation, and for purposes of public health and safety.

The public review draft is now available during the 45-day public review and can be found on the PHTA website. It includes updates and revisions to the language used to standardize water quality in public swimming pools and spas. The PHTA-11 Standard Writing Committee also reorganized the order and placement of content, notably in Section 6 and Section 7, while keeping stated parameters the same.

This standard applies to pool manufacturers, builders, designers, retailers, U.S. public health and code officials, local municipalities, pool and spa operators, and service companies, as well as  pools and spa users.

The ANSI public review period for the PHTA-11 standard was published in the ANSI Standards Action newsletter on Oct. 24. All public review comments are due by Dec. 8.

For more information on the draft standard, visit the PHTA-11 webpage, email standards@phta.org or call 703-838-0083.