Comments on: “New drain-safety law may close some pools” https://www.overlawyered.com/2009/05/new-drain-safety-law-may-close-some-pools/ Chronicling the high cost of our legal system Wed, 05 Aug 2009 03:32:50 +0000 hourly 1 By: Wendy https://www.overlawyered.com/2009/05/new-drain-safety-law-may-close-some-pools/comment-page-1/#comment-49797 Wed, 03 Jun 2009 05:33:19 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/?p=11453#comment-49797 Here in Seattle we have the same problem. Ours are closed for the summer. Now instead of going to the neighborhood wading pool folks will be each buying their own giant size piece of “forever” plastic. How many kids will drown in their back yards this year… probably more than the number who would have been injured by their wading pool drains. Very logical. For the children!!

But hey – they won’t have any neoprene water sandals (illegal now due to lead) or pool toys (illegal now due to pthalates).

In good news though – my sons class went to an overnight camp where they let 1st graders go on an unbelievably crazy high rope swing! There is hope for our children yet!

]]> By: Greg https://www.overlawyered.com/2009/05/new-drain-safety-law-may-close-some-pools/comment-page-1/#comment-49595 Sun, 31 May 2009 14:16:30 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/?p=11453#comment-49595 If this is something that now falls under the jurisdiction of Washington, then the constitutional division of powers between federal and state governments is dead, dead, dead.

]]> By: Richard Nieporent https://www.overlawyered.com/2009/05/new-drain-safety-law-may-close-some-pools/comment-page-1/#comment-49594 Sun, 31 May 2009 14:05:37 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/?p=11453#comment-49594 They had problems getting the parts for some county pools in Montgomery County MD that delayed the opening of the pools.

Several swimming pools run by the Montgomery County Department of Recreation will not open on Memorial Day weekend as planned due to a delay in obtaining new custom drains and grating. The drain covers are required under a new federal law passed in December 2008 called the Virginia Graeme Baker Pool and Spa Safety Act. The law which affects all public swimming pools, requires the installation of anti-entrapment drain covers.

The Recreation Department has been working diligently with both local and state regulating agencies for more than a year to bring all its pools into compliance. Most pools have been updated and will open as scheduled on May 23. The affected pools needed custom drains and grating which have taken longer to design and manufacture than originally anticipated. Recreation officials hope to have the pools in full operation in coming weeks.

http://www.montgomerycountymd.gov/apps/News/press/PR_details.asp?PrID=5591

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