Guidelines to Responding to Fecal Accidents in Public Swimming Pools

...A swimming pool may act as a medium for the transfer of disease-causing organisms (pathogens) such as Pseudomonas, Hepatitis, Giardia, Legionella, Staphylococci, or Cryptosporidium.  These pathogens frequently enter swimming pool water from fecal matter.  The following guidelines were published by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control (Morbidity & Mortality Weekly Report, vol.50, no.20, p. 416-417, May 25, 2001) to reduce the potential for disease transfer...

Guidelines to Responding to Fecal Accidents in Public Swimming Pools