Work and Pensions written question – answered at on 4 April 2011.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what assessment the Health and Safety Executive has made of the effectiveness in prevention of cryptosporidium of the operation of regulations on water quality in public swimming pools.
The regulations covering the quality of water in the UK apply to the supply of water for domestic use. They do not apply to the quality of water in use in swimming pools.
Swimming pool operators however do have a duty to ensure, so far as is reasonably, practicable, that the public are not exposed to risks to their health and safety when bathing.
The Control of Substances Hazardous to Health Regulations (COSHH) 2002 specifically require pool operators to assess the risks to the health of their employees and bathers from hazardous substances, including microbiological organisms such as Cryptosporidium, and take effective measures to control that risk.
HSE believes that compliance with these regulations should ensure that the risk of exposure to Cryptosporidium in public swimming pools is reduced, so far as is reasonably practicable.
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