Unit 3 - Non-Potable Water

Front 1

The non-potable water program includes the surveillance of what?

Back 1

- Swimming pools

- hot tubs

- spas

- natural bathing areas (AKA recreational waters)

Front 2

What AFI governs swimming pools, spas and hot tubs, and bathing areas?

Back 2

AFI 48-114

- this assigns responsibility to AF agencies to ensure clean and safe swimming and bathing environments.

Front 3

- CE

- Force protection squadron

- pH

- ground safety

- BE

Back 3

A joint effort team for monitoring of recreational water.

Front 4

Who operates and maintains the pool treatment equipment?

Back 4

CE

Front 5

Who oversees the general day to day operation of recreational waters to provide patrons with sanitary and safe conditions and employees with a safe, health workplace?

Back 5

Force protection squadron

Front 6

Who performs routine facility sanitation inspections of food preparation and other areas?

Back 6

PH

Front 7

Who performs safety inspections, PRN, to ensure the continuous safe and sanitary operation an maintenance of all pods, hot tubs, spas, and natural bathing areas.

Back 7

Ground safety

Front 8

- Water quality supervision

- participates in pre-season, post-season, and other inspections.

- bacteriological monitoring.

- reviews engineering designs of pools and spas.

- identifies, analyze, and recommends controls for any associated OEH hazard.

Back 8

BEs responsibilities

Front 9

- pH
- disinfectant residual

- bacteriological quality (in support for specific requests)

Back 9

Water quality measurements

Front 10

- Who is primarily responsible for conducting pH and disinfectant residual testing day to day?

- Monthly?

- What common method is used to determine disinfectant residual?

- Test results entered where?

Back 10

- Lifeguard

- BE

- DPD test kit

- AF form 708

Front 11

- What should be the free available chlorine that should be maintained for pools and hot tubs?

- pH range for pools, spas, and hot tubs?

Back 11

- 1-4 ppm for pools / 2-5 ppm for spas and hot tubs.

- 7.2-7.8 for pools, spas, and hot tubs.

Front 12

- If bacteriological sampling is conducted, refer to which CFR?

- For E. coli, Colilert or other equivalent method that measures viable criteria, refer to which CFR?

Back 12

- 40 CFR 131.41

- 40 CFR 136

Front 13

What are the two types of pool inspections that BE participates in?

Back 13

- Pre-season: inspection 30 days prior to opening.

- Post-season: inspection 30 days after seasonal closure.

Front 14

Risk factors...

- proximity to suspected pollution sources.

- level of bathing area use.

- historical water quality data.

- occurrence of sewage spills or other pollution events.

Back 14

BE performing water quality sampling at natural bathing areas based on risk.

Front 15

How often are bathing areas inspected?

Back 15

Joint pre-season survey for bathing areas open year round, two inspections per year are conducted.

Front 16

Who approves areas for natural bathing facilities based on site location, type of bottom, physical water quality, and common diseases?

Back 16

Medical group commander

Front 17

Bathing areas should be free of the effects of point and nonpoint sources.

Back 17

Site location

Front 18

These areas should have bottoms which slope gently and uniformly toward deep water; have no holes or sudden step-offs, be free of hidden or submerged obstructions such as rocks, stumps, snags, and sunken logs.

Back 18

Type of bottom

Front 19

Consider the depth and turbidity of the water, presence of currents, rip tides, and dangerous aquatic flora and fauna.

Back 19

Physical water quality

Front 20

Special consideration must be given to the prevalence of disease in the immediate area; locale and to the presence of disease causative agents in the body.

Back 20

Common diseases

Front 21

What are the physical considerations for approving natural bathing areas?

Back 21

- site location

- type of bottom

- physical water quality

- common diseases