5 Colo. Code Regs. § 1003-5-1.4

Current through Register Vol. 47, No. 11, June 10, 2024

Section 5 CCR 1003-5-1.4 - DEFINITIONS

The following definitions shall apply in the Interpretation and enforcement of this regulation. The word "shall" as used herein indicates a mandatory requirement

1. "Abbreviations" (technical):

A. "DE" means diatomaceous earth;

B. "fps" means feet per second;

C. "gpm" means gallons per minute;

D. "mg/l" means milligrams per liter. When requirements in this regulation specify limits for liquid volume measurements using mg/l or ppm, either may be used depending on the type of testing equipment available;

E. "NSF" means National Sanitation Foundation;

F. "ORP" means oxidation reduction potential;

G. "ppm" means parts per million. See notation under mg/I for use.

2. "Cross-Connection" means any physical arrangement whereby a potable water supply is connected, directly or indirectly, with any other water supply system, pool, sewer, drain, conduit, tank, plumbing fixture, or other device which contains, or may contain, contaminated water, sewage, or other waste, liquid or gas of unknown or unsafe quality which may be capable of imparting contamination or pollution to the potable water supply as a result of backflow. Bypass arrangement, jumper connections, removable spools, swivel or changeover devices, four-way valve connections, and other temporary or permanent devices through which, or because of which, backflow could occur are considered to be cross-connections.

3. "Department of Health" means the Colorado Department of Health and its duly authorized agents and employees.

4. "Handhold" means a structure not over twelve inches above the water line around the perimeter of the pool wall, affording physical means for the bather to grasp the pool sides.

5. "Instructional Program" means any pool activity which utilizes an instructor who is managing/controlling the activity (such as, but not limited to swim lessons, water aerobics, life saving class, scuba diving class, swim team practice and canoeing class).

6. "Lifeguard Station" refers to the designated work station/area of a lifeguard.

7. "Natural swimming area" means a designated portion of a natural or impounded body of water in which the designated portion is devoted to swimming, recreative bathing, or wading and for which an individual is charged a fee for the use of such area for such purposes. Appurtenances used in connection with the natural swimming area shall also be included.

8. "Person" means individual, firm, partnership, association, corporation, company, governmental agency, club, or organization of any kind.

9. "Plumb" means a line perpendicular to water surface and extending vertically to a point located at the front end of the diving board and at the center line directly in front of the diving board.

10. "Pool" means swimming pool, wading pool, spray pool, spa or the like.

11. "Private Pool" means any pool which is constructed in connection with or appurtenant to single family dwellings, condominiums or apartment houses, and which is used solely by the persons maintaining their residence within such dwellings, condominiums or apartment houses and the guests of such persons. Private pools are exempt from these regulations.

12. "Public Bath" includes any mineral bath, bath house, public baths, and similar facilities which provide a contained water environment for immersion of the body, or provide a hot vapor environment for any purpose.

13. "Public Pool" means a pool that is not a private pool under definition 11, nor semi-public pool under Definition 17.

14. "Radius of curvature" means the radius arc denoting the curved surface from the point or departure from the springline (vertical sidewall) of the pool to the pool bottom.

15. "Remodeled" means an extension, enlargement or modification of any public swimming area or related facility.

16. "Safety Ledge" means a subsurface slip resistant ledge attached to the side of the pool used as a foot hold.

17. "Semi-public pool" means a pool associated with hotels, motels, country clubs, health clubs and mobile home parks.

18. "Spa" or "Hot Tub" means a pool designed for relaxation, recreational, or therapeutical use where the user is sitting, reclining, or at rest and the pool is not drained, cleaned, or refilled for each user. The spa may include, but not be limited to, hydrojet circulation, hot water, cold water, mineral baths, or air induction bubbles or any combination.

19. "Spray pool" means a pool or artificially constructed depression for use by bathers in which water is sprayed, but is not allowed to pond, in the bottom of the pool.

20. "Superchlorination" means the periodic addition of sufficient amounts of an oxidizer to eliminate combined chlorine compounds (ammonia nitrogen or chloramine products) normally formed in pool or spa water.

21. "Swimming area" means a designated body of water of such volume and depth that one or more persons can swim in it and which is used for the purpose of swimming, recreative bathing, or wading and includes natural swimming areas and swimming pools.

22. "Swimming pool" means a body of water, other than a natural swimming area, maintained exclusively for swimming, recreative bathing, or wading and includes appurtenances used in connection with the swimming pool.

23. "Therapeutic Pool" means a pool used for physical therapy including but not limited to postoperative and pre-operative strength training, assistance of buoyancy of water, and other one-on-one training.

24. "Turnover rate" means the time necessary to circulate the entire volume of the pool water through the filtration system.

25. "Vertical" means a line perpendicular to the water surface that is not greater than 11 percent off plumb.

26. "Wading Pool" means any artificial pool of water equal to or less than 18" deep and intended for wading purposes.

5 CCR 1003-5-1.4

43 CR 22, November 25, 2020, effective 12/15/2020