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: Sleep Inn & Suites
Address: 310 Virgil Ave
Mount Vernon, IA  52314
Person Contacted: Ricky
Title: GM
Registration No: SP57-100-100 \ SP57-100-101
Type: Routine

Water Quality Information
Name: Indoor Pool < 1500 sq ft Indoor Spa
Registration No: SP57-100-100 SP57-100-101
Area (Sq. ft.): 435 80
Volume (Gallons): 16000 1800
Filter Type: Sand filter Sand filter
Filter Rate: - -
Turnover Rate: - -
Chlorine (Free): 0.6 0.6
ORP: 748 746
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): 1.4 2.2
Chlorine (Combined): 0.8 1.6
Bromine: - -
Pool: 2-18ppm Spa: 4-18ppm
Cyanuric Acid: - -
Must be less than 80 ppm
pH: 7.8/7.5 7.4/7.5
Pool and Spa: 7.2ppm-7.8ppm
If less than 6.8 or greater than 8.2 = closure
Total Alkalinity: 150 50
Calcium Hardness: 400+ 340

 

Water Quality Information (continued)
Name: Indoor Pool < 1500 sq ft Indoor Spa
Registration No: SP57-100-100 SP57-100-101
Temperature (F): 86.0 100.00
Spa must not exceed 104°
Type of Disinfectant: Accu Tab Accu Tab
Disinfection make and model: Chemtrol 250 Chemtrol 250
Drain Cover make and model: Chemtrol 250 prior inspection Chemtrol 250 prior inspection
Drain Cover exp. date: unknown unknown
CPO: Ricky Ricky
CPO exp. date: 04/2028 04/2028

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

Notes: Spa free chlorine measured at 0.6. Spa to remain closed until it is running in required range. Several pieces of documentation are missing from today's inspection. Please add these items to your operations manual and contact the inspector when spa free chlorine is within range. Please email a letter of correction stating how the violations listed below have been and/or will be corrected to Todd.Jewell@linncountyiowa.gov within 30 days of this inspection.

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1) Management/Personnel Pool: 15.4(6)f(4) 24
Spa: 15.51(5)e(5) 17
  Item: Dates and quantities of chemical additions must be included in Operational Records
  Comment: Please document chemical additions to the pool and spa in your operations manual going forward.
   
2) Management/Personnel Pool: 15.4(6)f(6) 24
Spa: 15:51(5)e(8) 17
  Item: Monthly ground fault circuit interrupter (GFCI) testing shall be included in pool logs
  Comment: Please add monthly GFCI testing to your operations manual going forward.
   
3) Management/Personnel Pool: 15.4(6)i 25
Spa: 15.51(5)g 18
  Item: A permanent manual of operation shall be kept in facility
  Comment: Please add instructions for super chlorination, back washing, chemical feed system and controller maintenance to your operations manual. Please add operations manual for filters and pumps to your operations manual as well.
   
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 measured at 0.6 during today's inspection. Spa shall remain closed until it is running in the required range.
   
5) Safety Pool: 15.4(4)f(4) 17
  Item: A first-aid kit shall be equipped with: band-aids, sterile 4x4 bandage compress, self-adhering gauze bandage, disposable gloves, and a chemical cold press.
  Comment: Please add disposable gloves, a self-adhering gauze bandage and a chemical cold press to the first aid kit.
   
6) Safety Pool: 15.4(6)j 25
Spa: 15.51(5)h 18
  Item: A schematic drawing of pool recirculation system shall be posted in the filter room or in operation manual. Clear labeling of flow direction can be substituted.
  Comment: Please provide a schematic drawing of the pool recirculation system and keep a copy in your operations manual.
   
7) Safety Pool: 15.4(4)h 18 and 19
  Item: All drains shall be VGB compliant and within their life expectancy date
  Comment: Please provide VGB information for the main drains in the pool and spa or install new VGB complaint drain covers and maintain drain cover information going forward.
   
8) Safety Pool: 15.4(6)k 25
Spa: 15.51(5)i 18
  Item: Each member of staff shall sign off that they have reviewed SDS sheets along with the Emergency Action Plan annually.
  Comment: Please provide safety data sheets for all chemicals used for the pool and have pool staff sign off that they have reviewed the safety data sheets. Maintain a copy of this on-site.
   
9) 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: Please provide a written emergency action plan and maintain a copy of that on-site.
   
  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).