ADA Checklist for Existing Facilities Swimming Pools, Wading Pools & Spas

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Swimming pools, wading pools and spas should be accessible to everyone, including people with disabilities. Institute for Human Centered Design ADA National Network www.HumanCenteredDesign.org Questions on the ADA 800-949-4232 voice/tty

This checklist was produced by the New England ADA Center, a project of the Institute for Human Centered Design and a member of the ADA National Network. This checklist was developed under a grant from the Department of Education, NIDRR grant number H133A060092-09A. However the contents do not necessarily represent the policy of the Department of Education, and you should not assume endorsement by the Federal Government.

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Institute for Human Centered Design www.ADAchecklist.org Swimming Pools, Wading Pools & Spas © 2016 Page 2 Swimming Pools, Wading Pools & Spas Comments Possible Solutions ADA Checklist for Existing Facilities Swimming Pools, Wading Pools & Spas (2010 Standards – 242 & 1009) Swimming Pools, Wading Pools & Spas P1 Is there an accessible route to •Regrade to 1:20 the entrance of the facility Yes No maximum slope containing a swimming pool, • Install a ramp wading pool and spa? • Install a platform lift or limited –use/limited Use the checklist for Priority 1: access elevator Approach & Entrance. Photo #: P2 Is there an accessible route •Regrade to 1:20 from the facility entrance to the Yes No maximum slope swimming pool, wading pool • Install a ramp and/or spa? • Install a platform lift or limited –use/limited Use the checklist for Priority 2: access elevator Access to Goods & Services. Photo #: P3 If there is a swimming pool with • Add a sloped entry 300 or more linear feet of pool • Install a lift wall: • Add a second means of entry Does it have a sloped entry or Yes No lift?

Is there a second means of Yes No entry that is a transfer wall, transfer system, sloped entry, lift or stairs? Photo #:

P4 If there is a swimming pool with • Add a sloped entry less than 300 linear feet of pool Yes No • Install a lift wall, does it have a sloped entry • or lift? Photo #: P5 If there is a wave action pool, • Install a pool lift leisure river, sand bottom pool, Yes No • Add a sloped entry or other pool where user access • Install a transfer system is limited to one area, does it Institute for Human Centered Design www.ADAchecklist.org Swimming Pools, Wading Pools & Spas have a pool lift, sloped entry or © 2016 Page 3 transfer system? Photo #: P6 If there is a wading pool, does it • Add a sloped entry Yes No