Section 74
of Water Supply Regulations 1961 Reprinted 1999
Section 74
Every swimming bath which is supplied with water from the public mains shall comply with the following requirements –
(i)
it shall be constructed of reinforced concrete or other approved type of construction, in accordance with a specification and design approved by the
Water Authority before work thereon is commenced. Any leakage from the pool, measured from the water line at which the bath is designed to be used shall not exceed one-eighth of an inch in twenty-four hours, due allowance being made for evaporation from the surface of the water;
(ii)
the inlet pipe of every swimming bath shall be discharge into a separate and distinct chamber from the bath so that the inlet shall discharge at least nine inches above the water line of the chamber. The chamber shall be covered and locked with a removable key and shall only be opened by the consumer or the consumer’s servants for the purpose of re-charging the bath;
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(ii)
the control valve on the service pipe or distributing pipe which serves the bath shall also be in the inlet chamber and shall only be accessible for operation when the chamber is open;
(iv)
every swimming bath over 10,000 gallons capacity shall be provided with an efficient plant for the continuous purification of the water of such capacity that the water can be circulated through the purification plant at least twice in twenty-four hours.
Certificate of test.