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CALL FOR ENTRIES:
Submit your facility for the Best of Aquatics Awards, which honors outstanding aquatic facilities. Deadline Extended. Complete and send the entry form. Entries MUST be in our office by June 29. For more info, contact Gary Thill.
WEB ROUNDUP
Aquatics International closely tracks — and offers insight on — the news and issues affecting the industry. Here are the latest links:
STIMULUS CENTRAL
Attention operators struggling to make needed renovations and repairs or start new construction:
About $800 billion is up for grabs from the federal government’s stimulus package.
Aquatics projects may be eligible for stimulus grants. In fact, a number of facilities have already requested to get put on the list.
Here’s a collection of information and Websites to help you get your project on the list — and get a piece of the $800 billion pie.
Recovery.gov
The official Website of the Recovery Accountability and Transparency Board, was created to educate citizens and help them track where funding is being spent.
Stimuluswatch.org
This was built to ensure public officials account for the taxpayer money they spend. It allows citizens with local knowledge about the proposed “shovel-ready” projects in their cities to find, discuss and rate those projects. Recovery.org
This site brings transparency to recovery spending and ensures that every business, regardless of size, has equal access to recovery projects. You will find real-time, searchable data, maps and graphs detailing the spending activity. Grants.gov
This site provides a list of Recovery Act grant opportunities by specific type (for example, state energy programs). The home page also offers a list of all federal government grant opportunities.
KNOWLEDGE BASE
Bottom Line
Operators relying on visa programs for foreign workers may be out of luck this season.
Life Savers
Where to focus your in-service training? Start with guard misconceptions.
Tech Talk
While bacteria are easily treated with sanitizers, biofilm requires a different approach.
Risk Mgmt.
Aquatics pros need to rethink how they warn and protect against rip currents.
View Point
What you should know about teaching adults to swim.
Water Fitness Break out of workout boredom with aquatic interval training.
WATER SAFETY
The Virginia Graeme Baker Pool & Spa Safety Act has had a dramatic impact on the aquatics industry.
• View our in-depth coverage
RECREATIONAL WATER ILLNESSES Crypto is the leading cause of recreational water illness. It sickens thousands, and leaves damaging headlines and costly liability in its wake.
• Learn more about combating this problem 20th ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION
On our 20th anniversary, we look back at just how much has changed over the years.
• See our special anniversary coverage
SPECIAL REPORTS
Dream Designs
View our showcase of innovative aquatic facilities from top designers and architects.
Gary Thill is the editor of Aquatics International. Here, he discusses industry issues, current events and other topics of note to the aquatics community.
Tom Griffiths has served as the aquatics director and safety officer for athletics at Penn State University and is the former chair of the NRPA Aquatics Branch.
Life Savers
Risk Mgmt.
View Point
Water Fitness
