Bather load

Bather load refers to the capacity of a municipal swimming pool, a water fountain, or similar facility. Often bather load is dictated by the capacity of water treatment equipment (filters, chemical processing, and the like). Facilities intended only for decoration (i.e. not intended to support a bather load) must maintain a certain minimum standard of water quality, since children often play in, or drink from them.

Bather Load as a Percentage of Population (BLPP)

A certain per capita capacity for bather load is often considered, e.g. on hot summer days, it is desired that there be reasonable capacity in waterplay areas, bathing fountains, and municipal swimming baths, to accommodate the population of potential bathers. Such percentage is expressed as the BLPP.

ee also

*Fountain (some information on bather load);
*Bathing

External links

* [http://www.spadepot.com/spacyclopedia/tubterms.htm#Bather Bather load, defined as the number of individuals using a pool or spa in a 24 hour time period, bather load being the primary source of bacterial and organic contamination]
* [http://www.lib.niu.edu/ipo/1993/ip930719.html Bather load divided by population yields a percentage that shows the portion of a community able to use the community's pools at any given time. Bather Load as a Percentage of Population (BLPP)]
* [http://www.apsp.org/ The Association of Pool & Spa Professionals, developer of bather-load standards]