Healthy Swimming

A group of children around 8-10 years old with goggles on their heads standing and the end of the pool next to each other and smiling.

Healthy and Safe Swimming Week Campaign

This year's Healthy & Safe Swimming Week campaign is Prevent Drowning: Swim Lessons Save Lives.
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Two girls swimming together in the water.

Preventing Swimming-related Illnesses

Learn how to prevent swimmer's ear, Crypto, hot tub rash, and other swimming-related illnesses.
Mom in the pool with her arms around her young daughters who are on either side of her.

Guidelines for Healthy and Safe Swimming

Ensure health and safety in and around pools, hot tubs, splash pads, oceans, lakes, and rivers.
A pool net being dipped into a pool.

Responding to Pool Contamination

Understand how to clean up and decontaminate the water after poop, vomit, blood and dead animals.

For aquatics professionals

Man cleaning bottom of an empty pool with a bucket and mop.

Aquatics Professionals Toolkit

Explore recommendations for operating and maintaining public aquatic facilities.
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For public health professionals

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Pool Inspection Toolkit

Use our resources to improve your program's inspections of public pools, hot tubs, and water parks.
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