Bath water
No bathing culture without bathing hygiene!
Bathing and swimming are recreational sports used by all age groups as well as disabled people and others with limited physical mobility. Swimming is very healthy for people with joint damage and muscle weakness due to the lifting of the body weight.
But swimming is not just fun!
However, as bathing water is also a good carrier of pathogens and every bather releases millions of bacteria, viruses, fungi and other microorganisms into the water, the bathing water in public pools must be treated in such a way that the risk of infection can be minimised as far as possible. Flawless technical bathing water treatment is therefore essential.
But every bather can make a major contribution to minimising contamination of the pool water and barefoot surfaces by cleaning their bodies thoroughly before bathing and behaving appropriately in the pool.
The public health department monitors all public swimming pools in its area in accordance with Section 37 of the Infection Protection Act. This includes outdoor and indoor swimming pools, therapy, exercise and sauna pools, educational swimming pools and hotel pools. Monitoring includes regular inspections of hygiene requirements and on-site treatment facilities, analyses of test results (microbiological, chemical and physical) as well as monitoring compliance with operator obligations. Measures are initiated in the event of complaints.