Download or read book Contested Waters written by Jeff Wiltse and published by Univ of North Carolina Press. This book was released on 2009-11-30 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From nineteenth-century public baths to today's private backyard havens, swimming pools have long been a provocative symbol of American life. In this social and cultural history of swimming pools in the United States, Jeff Wiltse relates how, over the years, pools have served as asylums for the urban poor, leisure resorts for the masses, and private clubs for middle-class suburbanites. As sites of race riots, shrinking swimsuits, and conspicuous leisure, swimming pools reflect many of the tensions and transformations that have given rise to modern America.

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Download or read book Swimming Pool Care the Essential Guide written by David Van Brunt and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2018-06-26 with total page 174 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this book I cover everything you need to know about your pool care from chemistry to automatic cleaners. It also features sections for Pool Service Professionals and I expand on the popular BBB Method of pool care. Included in this book are over 65 QR Codes which will take you to a video on each of the pool topics covered in each section. Fighting a Green Pool? Scan the QR Code with your Phone or Device and you will see my YouTube video on how to clear it up. These videos make this book unique among all others. Subjects covered include: Algae Treatment & Green Pool Clean-Up, Balancing Your Pool Water, Pool Test Kits, Cleaning Tools Advanced Vacuum Systems, Cleaning your Pool Step by Step, Automatic Cleaners, Pumps & Motors, Filters, Pool Skimmers and Skimming Products, Pool Equipment & Problems, Timers and Automated Systems, Salt Water Pools, Metal, Stains and Scale in Your Pool, Money Saving Tips, So You Want to be a Pool Guy/Gal, Pool Construction and Remodeling, Also with the purchase of the book you will receive a free PDF Download of the eBook, a $9.99 Value! On the last page of the book is a QR Code for the PDF Download. About the Author: I am a Pool Service Professional with over 30,000 hours of practical experience. I currently maintain a pool route with about 90 service accounts. I have extensive experience in water chemistry, automatic cleaners, pool filtration, pool equipment and automated systems. I work in Southern California and have been in the pool industry since 1988 with a brief hiatus in the late 1990's to buy and sell Real Estate. Me and my wife have been following the Dave Ramsey plan for several years and we have paid off all of our debt plus three houses in Southern California - WE ARE DEBT FREE! I am the creator of the #1 Swimming Pool Channel on YouTube which attracts viewers from within the industry and your typical homeowner who manages their own pool. My YouTube Channel Started in 2012 has over 50,000 subscribers and over 30 Million video views to date.

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Download or read book Managing Health and Safety in Swimming Pools written by The Health and Safety Executive and published by Health and Safety Executive (Hse). This book was released on 2003-01 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This booklet provides guidance for those who have any involvement with the operation and management of health and safety in swimming pools: primarily pool owners (including local authority clients), pool operators (including management contractors), architects, engineers, designers, manufacturers and constructors. Aspects of this guidance will also apply to pool hirers. Its aim is to provide guidance on the risks associated with swimming pool operation and the precautions which may be taken to help achieve a safer environment for people who use swimming pools and employees who work at them. The revision brings the guidance up to date with changes in health and safety law and new developments in relation to equipment, facilities and supervision arrangements.

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