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 Terrace of Cedar Rapids MHC
Address: 1834 Gretchen Dr SW
Cedar Rapids, IA  52404 2221
Person Contacted: Don Gatewood
Title: CPO
Registration No: SP57-008-100
Type: Routine

Water Quality Information
Name: Outdoor Pool < 1500 sq ft
Registration No: SP57-008-100
Area (Sq. ft.): 950
Volume (Gallons): 40000
Filter Type: sand
Filter Rate:
Turnover Rate:
Chlorine (Free): 4.8
ORP: 600 / 7.2
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): 4.8
Chlorine (Combined): 0
Bromine: NA
Pool: 2-18ppm Spa: 4-18ppm
Water Quality Information (continued)
Cyanuric Acid: <30
Must be less than 80 ppm
pH: 72
Pool and Spa: 7.2ppm-7.8ppm
If less than 6.8 or greater than 8.2 = closure
Total Alkalinity: 60
Calcium Hardness: 440
Temperature (F): 78
Spa must not exceed 104°
Type of Disinfectant: Chlorine
Disinfection make and model: ProMinent
Drain Cover make and model: Aquastar
Drain Cover exp. date: June 2024
CPO: Don Gatewood
CPO exp. date: 2024

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

Notes: Routine insepction today:
Please get a binder and keep EAP plan, SDS sheets, CPO Cert, CEU cert, bacterial analysis, and any other pool info in so it is easy to locate.
Ensure that depth markers are not > 25 feet apart and at each depth change. 0', 1', 2'...
Keep floats separated on float line.
Ensure pool monitor is enforcing rules.
Drain covers are expiring, replace before 06/2024
Email LOC for all items here and below within 30 days to me, please.

# 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: Please do two of these in August since you have not done one yet.
   
2) Management/Personnel Pool: 15.4(2)a(4)
  Item: The swimming pool shall be closed if the ORP is less than 660 mV or greater than 880 mV.
  Comment: NOTE: Don has this set at 610 which means his chlorine is around 4ppm and pH is 7.2-7.4. Don knows what he is working with and I will make an exception to this rule for this facility only as long as Don is the CPO.
   
3) Safety Pool: 15.4(4)f(6) 18
Spa: 15.51(4)d 13
  Item: Swimming pools where lifeguards are not provided shall have a designated emergency phone and shall be available to users of swimming pools when the swimming pool is open. When the telephone is not within the confines of the swimming pool, the location of the emergency telephone shall be posted in a conspicuous place within the swimming pool enclosure. Instructions for emergency use of the telephone, and the address of the facility shall be posted near the telephone.
  Comment: Emergency phone is not working, please fix.
   
4) Safety Pool: 15.4(6)l 13
Spa: 15.4(6)l 19
  Item: The facility management shall develop a written emergency plan. The plan shall include, but may not be limited to, actions to be taken in cases of drowning, serious illness or injury, chemical-handling accidents, weather emergencies, and other serious incidents. The emergency plan shall be reviewed with the facility staff at least once a year, and the dates of review or training shall be recorded in the pool records
  Comment: Keep this in the pool binder.
   
5) Safety Pool: 15.4(4)a(3) 12
Spa: 15.51(4)a(3) 13
  Item: Material safety data sheets (MSDS) for the chemicals used at the pool or spa shall be at the facility in a location known and readily accessible to the facility staff. The SDS sheets shall be reviewed with the facility staff at least once a year, and the dates of review or training shall be recorded in the pool records
  Comment: Keep this in the pool binder.
   
  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).