Health guidelines for swimming pool operators

Public swimming pools in the Northern Territory must be built and maintained to minimise risks to public health.

Designers, builders and operators of aquatic facilities should read the:

Guidelines for public aquatic facilities PDF (794.7 KB)
Guidelines for public aquatic facilities DOCX (471.4 KB)

These guidelines will help to do the following:

• make sure your facility is safe by being properly designed, built, operated and maintained
• maintain safe water quality
• reduce disease, injury and other public health risks.

Water quality risk management

Public swimming pool operators should develop a water quality risk management plan to help minimise potential public health risks.

The Department of Health has created a template to assist with this process:

Water quality risk management plan template DOCX (719.5 KB)
Water quality risk management plan template PDF (550.7 KB).