Saving a Child Using Common Sense

Every year 350 children between the ages of 1 and 5 drown in the family pool and over 3000 are sent to the hospital for submersion injuries.  One of the most feared dangers is becoming entrapped in a drain or other suction port of your pool.  While the federal government and industry corporations have come up with many ideas to limit the dangers of entrapment they overlook the common sense approach.  To keep someone from being entrapped from suction the pump must run.  If you turn the pump off during swimming then no one will become stuck on a drain or other suction device.  To make it more simple just set your pump timers to run at night and not during the time that your family will be in the pool.  The belief that a pool must run while swimming in a residential pool is wrong.  A properly maintained and balance pool will do fine running at night.  Commercial pools are different due to regulations and bather load.

No matter how many safety devices the government requires to be installed on a residential swimming pool more children will be saved by proper supervision.  Proper supervision does not mean to have the pool in view and using your cell phone, reading a book, or any other thing that would take your eyes off of the children in the pool. Supervision and common sense will save more lives than any piece of equipment you have.