Bottom Line
Staying on Schedule
Perhaps one of the most important and least enjoyable responsibilities in aquatics management is developing the weekly, biweekly or monthly schedule. Read more
Check Out
Canadian Calypso
It’s official: Canada’s largest theme waterpark is now in business Read more
Editor's Desk
The Green Gap
I’m contemplating two April events that seemingly have nothing to do with each other, but are actually inexorably linked: the annual Aquatics International salary survey and Earth Day Read more
Lessons Learned
Hometown Heroes
Five years ago, the local Red Cross asked me to assist a lifeguard class with a special focus Read more
Lifesavers
One for the Team
Lifeguards come from a wide range of backgrounds and experiences. Once they’re part of your guard group, they may form new relationships, date each other, break up and make up. Read more
The Consumer Product Safety Commission has begun rolling out two final mandates of the Virginia Graeme Baker Pool and Spa Safety Act Read more
The World Health Organization has recognized the International Lifesaving Federation (ILS) for its role in global drowning prevention Read more
A civil lawsuit has been filed against USA Swimming and other organizations on behalf of a 15-year-old girl who was abused by her swim coach Read more
After months of debate and public input, the Consumer Product Safety Commission has finalized three previously unresolved aspects of the VGB Act Read more
Experts gathered in Miami recently for the First International Symposium on Rip Currents, the No. 1 cause of beachfront drowning Read more
TheNational Swimming Pool Foundation has filed suit in the United States District Court for the District of Nebraska, against three Nebraska health departments Read more
Great Wolf Resorts, Inc.®, has received official word from Guinness World Records that the company’s 11 Great Wolf Lodge® locations have set a new record for “longest distance watersliding in 24 hours in multiple venues Read more
The newest CoCo Key Water Resort in Orlando, Fla., is scheduled to open this month Read more
Park Planner
Things to Think About Now
Fall is the time of the year that operational budgets should be completed for the upcoming year Read more
Salary Survey
Labor Pains
When the General Motors plant in Moraine, Ohio, closed at the end of 2008, it was a significant blow to the community of roughly 7,000 Read more
Salary Survey
Labor Pains
Aquatics is a full-time job for the majority of Aquatics International salary survey respondents Read more
Tech Talk
Supplemental Coverage
Since 1961, when the U.S. Public Health Service published a model ordinance governing the sanitation of public pools with chlorine, that has been the standard water treatment chemical Read more
Water Fitness
Noodle Know-How
Noodles have become as commonplace as kickboards and pull buoys Read more
