AFM ® , or Activated Filter Media, is a direct replacement for sand and is said to double the performance of sand filters without any additional infra...

Welcome to the latest edition of our popular “Can You Top This?” column, featuring the newest entry in the Service Industry News “Horror File. ” This ...

By Rakshith Asokan Director Engineering, Pleatco Inc. Did you know that on average a child drinks 1.3 ounces of water every hour they play in a pool? ...

offering far greater volume dirt holding capacity than other filtration fabrics. With reduced pore size distribution, the fabric provides impressive t...

Of the pool and spa filtration media on the market, sand is the least effective among the three commonly used filter types (the others being DE and Ca...

When Paul Pennington was 12-years-old, he was sucked down by a spa drain and thought “this is how I’m going to die.” Years later he was approached by ...

one hand and pinched his nose and breathed into his mouth. After only three repetitions, the boy coughed up water, and began to cry. “Iwassogratefulto...

Entrapment prevention efforts quickly gained traction after that. Pennington took the new Florida Building Code to Congresswoman Debbie Wasserman Schu...

Drowning injuries and fatalities are so commonplace that the stories could fill up whole newspapers. The CDC estimates that about 10 people die from d...

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