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Chlorination systems for swimming pools

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2021-06-21

An update of DIN 19606, Chlorinators for water treatment – Technical requirements for equipment, installation and operation, was published in January 2020. The German Social Accident Insurance Institution for the health and welfare services (BGW) and KAN had been involved in the revision process and had pointed out that the extensive requirements in the standard regarding the safety and health of workers at work must be set out in a separate chapter as requirements concerning the operating manual.

In its published form however, the standard still contains a controversial requirement for the use of respiratory masks. The standard specifies a higher particle filtration level than that provided for in DGUV Rule 107-001 concerning the operation of swimming pools and DGUV Informative publication 203-086 concerning the chlorination of drinking water. KAN has initiated dialogue between the standards committee and the DGUV’s Swimming pools and baths subcommittee, drawing attention to the provisions of the policy paper by the BMAS (German Federal Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs) on standardization concerning the safety and health of workers at work and the accident insurance institutions’ regulatory prerogative. The wording of the requirement is to be amended and published shortly in a supplement to the standard.

In the next revision of the standard, selected passages relating to operational procedures must likewise be moved to the chapter governing the operating manual.