Fresh ideas in hydrotherapy
A recent field day at a Spastic Centre pool highlighted the importance of hydrotherapy in the treatment of people with palsy, and also provided new...
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Aquatics and Commercial
Coroner finds spa death was preventable
Deputy NSW State Coroner Paul MacMahon has found the tragic death of Shannon Rankin in a 2006 entrapment incident in Forster was avoidable. He found...
Cairns water park moving ahead
Adventure Waters Water Park CEO Paul Freebody has said that the Cairns development is due to start early to mid-2010. The developers Paul and Kim...
Having a field day
Allambie Heights Spastic Centre has issued an invitation for the swimming pool industry to view their innovative hydrotherapy pool renovation. The centre was suffering from...
Cogeneration plant mooted for Sydney pool
Prince Alfred Park pool could be the first city pool to actually double-dip by using its energy twice. Sydney City could soon be producing...
ALFA sprouts up as aquatic peak body
The formation of a national peak body for the Australian aquatic industry looks likely to go ahead. The body, drawn from WA’s LIWA Aquatics,...
Commercial spa industry steams ahead
Singapore company Intelligent Spas has released a comprehensive report on the Australian commercial spa industry. The report identified that spa numbers have grown...
Americans pee in the pool
The truth is out: one in five Americans pee in the pool – and almost half admit to unhygienic pool behaviour. The Water Quality...
New way to fund research
The US-based National Swimming Pool Foundation (NSPF) board of directors has approved a new mechanism for companies and organisations to fund applied scientific research and...
Aussies win Pool Lifesaving Championships
Australia has retained its Commonwealth crown, fending off stiff competition from the Canadians and South Africans at the Commonwealth Pool Lifesaving Championships in Edmonton, Canada....
New US institute to study aquatic health
Thanks to a $US1 million grant from the National Swimming Pool Foundation (NSPF), Washington State University (WSU) researchers plan to create the National Aquatics and...
Swim nappies not enough, says report
A new study has shown that “swim diapers” or swimming nappies do not prevent the spread of waterborne, disease-causing germs including cryptosporidium, although they do...
US moves on entrapment
In a move that Safe Kids USA believes will save the lives of thousands of children, President Bush today signed The Virginia Graeme Baker Pool...
Aussie kids still love swimming
Following positive data from the Exercise, Recreation and Sport Survey (ERASS) covered in the previous issue of SPLASH!, new data from the Australian Bureau of...
Design Guidelines for Sport on School Sites
Here is the link to the Sport England report mentioned in Back to School article in SPLASH! April May 2008.
YMCA minding Cook + Phillip
The City of Sydney has appointed the YMCA to temporarily operate the Cook + Phillip Park Aquatic Centre. AusLeisure Pty Ltd, who has managed...