Swimming Pool / Spa
Inspection Report


Linn County Public Health
1020 - 6th Street SE
Cedar Rapids, IA 52401
Phone: (319) 892-6000 Fax: (319) 892-6099
E-mail: health@linncountyiowa.gov
  Facility Name: Cedar Rapids Airport Inn & Suites
Address: 9100 Atlantic Dr SW
Cedar Rapids, IA  52404
Person Contacted: Debra Kendall
Title: GM
Registration No: SP57-061-100 \ SP57-061-101
Type: Routine

Water Quality Information
Name: Indoor Pool < 1500 sq ft Indoor Spa
Registration No: SP57-061-100 SP57-061-101
Area (Sq. ft.): 288 56
Volume (Gallons): 10000 800
Filter Type: Sand Sand
Filter Rate:
Turnover Rate:
Chlorine (Free): 2.4 0.6
ORP: UNKNOWN UNKNOWN
Pool: 1-8ppm, ORP 700-880 mV
If less than 0.6ppm or greater than 8.0ppm = closure
Spa: 2-8 ppm ORP 700-880 mV
If less than 1.0ppm or greater than 8.0ppm = closure
Chlorine (Total): 3.0 2.4
Chlorine (Combined): 0.6 1.8
Bromine: NA NA
Pool: 2-18ppm Spa: 4-18ppm
Cyanuric Acid: NA NA
Must be less than 80 ppm
pH: 7.6 7.6
Pool and Spa: 7.2ppm-7.8ppm
If less than 6.8 or greater than 8.2 = closure
Total Alkalinity: 120 60
Calcium Hardness: 450 260

 

Water Quality Information (continued)
Name: Indoor Pool < 1500 sq ft Indoor Spa
Registration No: SP57-061-100 SP57-061-101
Temperature (F): 83.7 101.5
Spa must not exceed 104°
Type of Disinfectant: CHLORINE CHLORINE
Disinfection make and model: UNKNOWN UNKNOWN
Drain Cover make and model: UNKNOWN UNKNOWN
Drain Cover exp. date: UNKNOWN UNKNOWN
CPO:
CPO exp. date:

Smoke Free Air Act
1. Facility in compliance with smoking ban?
( If no, complete complaint form )

Notes: ANNUAL INSPECTION TODAY. UNABLE TO OBTAIN ACCESS TO FILTER ROOM DUE TO DOOR LOCKED AND NO KEYS ONSITE. CALL ME TO SET UP ANOTHER INSPECTION TO VERIFY SPA HAS CHLORINE IN ACCEPTABLE RANGE, LOGS ARE COMPLETE, SDS & EAP ARE SIGNED OFF ON, VGB DOCUMENTATION, OPS MANUAL IS IN PLACE, VIOLATIONS BELOW ARE CORRECTED.

POOL & SPA SHALL REMAIN CLOSED UNTIL THE ABOVE HAVE BEEN VERIFIED BY INSPECTOR.

# Section Reference Ref. Page
1) Management/Personnel Pool: 15.4(2)e 8
  Item: At least once in each month that a swimming pool and/or spa is open for use, the facility management shall submit a sample of the water(s) to a laboratory certified by the department of natural resources to be analyzed for total coliform (and pseudomonas in spas only)..
  Comment: PER OUR RECORDS, THIS HAS NOT BEEN DONE SINCE AUGUST 2022. FFACILITY SHALL TAKE SAMPLES IN PRIOR TO REOPENING.
   
2) Filtration/Recirculation Pool: 15.4(4)g 18
Spa: 15.51(4)e 14
  Item: Water level shall be maintained at skimmer level
  Comment: SPA WATER LEVEL IS TOO LOW
   
3) Filtration/Recirculation Pool: 15.4(1)b(4) 8
Spa: 15.51(1)e 9
  Item: Skimmer shall have an easily removable basket/screen upstream from any valve and have a Self-adjusting weir in place
  Comment: SPA MISSING WEIR
   
4) Water Quality Spa: 15.51(2)a(1) 9
  Item: Spa water shall have a free chlorine residual of at least 2.0 ppm and no greater than 8.0 ppm, or a total bromine residual of at least 4.0 ppm and no greater than 18.0 ppm when the spa is open for use
  Comment: SPA FREE CHLORINE IS 0.6PPM
   
5) Safety Pool: 15.4(4)f(1) 17
  Item: A minimum of one unit of lifesaving equipment shall be provided for each 1500 sq. ft. of water surface area or fraction thereof. The area of a swimming pool where the water is 2 ft. deep or less may be subtracted from the total area for this requirement. A swimming pool is not required to have more than ten units of lifesaving equipment.
  Comment: BUOY MISSING ROPE
   
6) Safety Pool: 15.4(4)h 18 and 19
  Item: All drains shall be VGB compliant and within their life expectancy date
  Comment: PROVID PROOF OF REPLACEMENT SINCE 11/01/2022
   
7) Safety Spa: 15.51(4)l 16
  Item: The agitation system control (timer) shall be installed out of the reach of persons in the spa. The "on" cycle for the agitation system shall be no more than ten minutes
  Comment: SPA TIMER RUNS LONGER THAN 10 MINUTES
   
  Name   Date
Inspector: Inspection:
     
Report Received By: Received:
Reviewed By: Reviewed:

These items must be corrected as soon as possible in order to comply with the Iowa Department of Public Health Swimming Pool and Spa Rules. A letter regarding the actions which will be taken in order to correct all deficiencies must be submitted within 30 days to this office. If for any reason you take issue with any of the items cited regarding swimming pool rules, a variance can be requested by following the instructions in the Iowa Department of Public Health Swimming Pools manual, amended July 8th, 2009, page 57, section 641-15.7 (135I). Variance requests regarding spa rules must be made in compliance with the instructions in the Iowa Department of Public Health Spa manual, revised July 8th, 2009, page 32, section 641-15.7 (135I).