Take these simple steps found in the graphic below to help prevent the spread of germs that cause RWIs.

  1. Never swim when you have diarrhea.
  2. Never swallow the water you swim in.
  3. Always shower/wash yourself and children before and after swimming and wash hands after using the restroom.
  4. Never defecate or urinate in the pool. Use the restroom BEFORE entering the water.
  5. Use swim diapers on all pre-trained children and babies.


Water Illnesses and Water Safety
Recreational Water Illnesses | Healthy Swimming | Healthy Water | CDC
Education and information about recreational water illnesses (RWI), including the basics of RWI's, why chlorine does not kill RWI germs, RWI prevention and health promotion materials, diarrheal illness, and germs commonly causing RWI (such as Cryptosporidium, Giardia, Shigella, norovirus and E. coli O157:H7).


Chemicals take time to work and kill germs. If someone is sick, has an open wound or skin infection, they pose a risk of infecting others. It only takes a small amount of contaminated water to spread the infection. And children are notorious for swallowing water and well as urinating in it.


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Water Illnesses and Water Safety
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