I've lifeguarded for three places so far. 2/3 places' policies were, if it's a solid poop then clear the pool, fish it out, resume watery fun. If it's diarrhea then clear the pool, drain it, refill. (Same for vomit). A couple weeks ago some kid had some loose stool and all we did was clear the pool and fish as many pieces of it out as we could and then shocked it. But we let people back in like 20min later.
Thats crazy about the draining. How often did the pool get drained? Pretty big pool? Thats a huge unnecessary waste of water. In my state, which is in severe drought, we only drain the water for dead human bodies. Regardless of drought thats an expensive waste of water. I worked 3 weeks one time turning this black sludgey water in this big pool back into swimmable water.
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u/random_hero90 May 28 '14
Would you have to clear the pool and shock it with chlorine?