In Hot Water
ICC spas in West Bloomfield fail
some health code tests.
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LONNY GOLDSMITH
Staff Writer
cle on health code violations at pools
and spas in the Detroit area, distrib-
uted a fact sheet to members Tuesday.
That sheet explains the problems and
maintenance efforts under way ro pre-
vent violations.
The JCC empties the whirlpools
and scrubs them daily, refilling them
for use the next day. A computer sys-
tem constantly checks chemical levels
in the pools and adds chlorine or
other chemicals as needed.
"We assume the reading always fails
so we dump the water daily," Sorkin
said. The health department "told us
T
he men and women who
use the whirlpools at the
Jewish Community Center
in West Bloomfield aren't
all showering regularly beforehand. As
a result, the whirlpool water has failed
county health standards at least 34
times in the last five months.
Center officials say, however, that
they scrub the hot rubs and change
the water every night. They say they
have never gotten a health complaint
from users, adding that
Oakland County officials
have made two field visits in
the past two months.
The JCC, officials say, has
met all requirements to protect
members' safety.
"We're extremely compli-
ant," said JCC Executive
Director David Sorkin.
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"Most whirlpools fail
— Keith Krinn
because of heavy bather
Oakland
County
Health
Division
usage. Failure only means
that, at a certain moment,
the chemical balance is off"
Each week, the JCC sends in for
that we were doing above and'beyond
testing a water sample from each of four
what the law requires."
swimming pools and two whirlpools at
The water sample is taken after
the D. Dan & Betty Kahn Building in
heavy bather use instead of before
West Bloomfield and the pool and two
bather use to better protect the public,
whirlpools at the Jimmy Prentis Morris
Sorkin said. Our job is not to pass
Building in Oak Park. Only the six-per-
but be safe," he said. "The readings
son whirlpools and the Rosen children's
are the best indication of the precau-
pool at the Kahn Building have failed
tions we have to take. We have ways
the county tests.
around the system, but that's not
The main indoor and outdoor
going to protect bathers."
pools at Kahn and the indoor pool at
Sorkin said the law only requires
JPM were all in compliance.
putting a sign up for people to shower
The JCC Health Club has approxi-
before using the hot tub, but, "How
mately 2,000 members, three-quarters
do you regulate bad swimmer hygiene?
of them men. Statistics are not kept
The first thing we did was call the
on usage of the individual pools.
health department in to double-check
Spa users are generally either sweaty
that what we were doing was right."
from their workout or oily from sit-
Keith Krinn, chief of field activities
ting in either the dry heat of the sauna
at the Oakland County
or the humidity of the steam bath.
Environmental Health Division, said
Staring them in the face as they take
changing the water every day is "an
the three steps into the whirlpool is a
extreme measure, but it's an easy thing
six-foot-tall sign announcing, in three-
to do. If they're doing it every night
inch tall letters, - Shower required
and they're having a problem, then we
before entering whirlpool."
need to look at something else."
JCC officials, aware that the Detroit
Krinn suggested that the number of
Free Press was about to publish an arti-
bathers or their hygiene could be the
cc
hyg iene is
ard to monito
hr
Are
you going to have
er police?"
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