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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".34" citation="COMAR 10.17.01.34" title_num="10" subtitle_num="17" chapter_num="01" heading="Plumbing.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>Water Supply System. An owner shall ensure that a water supply system at a public pool or spa is in conformance with:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>COMAR 26.04.01, 26.04.03, and 26.04.04;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>COMAR 09.20.01; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>Local plumbing code requirements.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>Sewage Disposal System. An owner shall ensure that a sewage disposal system at a public pool or spa is in conformance with:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>COMAR 26.04.02 and 26.04.03;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>COMAR 09.20.01; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>Local plumbing code requirements.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="C.">
    <text>Drinking Fountains. An owner shall ensure that a recreational pool, semipublic pool, or public spa enclosure has at least one drinking fountain for every 5,000 square feet of water surface area.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="D.">
    <text>Hose Bibbs. An owner of a recreational pool, semipublic pool, or public spa shall ensure that the following locations have an accessible hose bibb equipped with an atmospheric vacuum breaker:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>On the deck at 150 feet intervals;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>In an equipment room; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>In both a men's and a women's bathhouse.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="E.">
    <text>Fill Spouts. If a fill spout is installed at a public pool or spa, the owner shall ensure that the fill spout is:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Installed within 10 inches of a ladder or handrail or in front of a lifeguard stand whose supports are immediately adjacent to the pool or spa rim, so that the fill spout does not present a tripping hazard or a puncture hazard;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Not installed over a seat bench;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>Braced or constructed so the fill spout does not flex downward; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(4)">
      <text>Provided with a flexible cover on the tip of the fill spout if the spout presents a potential for injury to an individual using a pool or spa.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="F.">
    <text>Backflow Prevention. An owner of a public pool or spa shall ensure that:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>A pool or spa facility has backflow protection for:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>A potable water supply, in conformance with COMAR 09.20.01; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Wastewater, in conformance with COMAR 09.20.01; and</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>An air gap that is two times the diameter of the fill spout separates the fill spout from the flood rim level of the pool or spa.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="G.">
    <text>Source of Water. An owner of a public pool or spa shall ensure that:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>When a public pool or spa is filled with water from a nonpotable source, such as a water tank holding nonpotable water or surface water, the:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Water is filtered, treated, and disinfected after addition to the pool or spa to meet the requirements of Regulation .44 of this chapter; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Pool or spa is not used until a bacteriological sample taken by the Secretary indicates that there are no coliform organisms in the water; and</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Public pool or spa make-up water:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Is from a potable source; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Having an iron level over 0.3 ppm is treated to lower the iron level to 0.3 ppm or less before the make-up water is added to a pool or a spa.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>