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NSPF Offers New Online Safety Training Courses

Barrett Kilmer
Six new online compliance training courses are now on the National Swimming Pool Foundation (NSPF) website and may be accessed at www.nspf.org. The courses are Hearing Conservation, Lock and Tag, Fork... [More]

Business Briefs: Anthony & Sylvan, DeltaUV, CoverLogix, Water Tech, American Home Shield

Barrett Kilmer
Anthony & Sylvan Pool Corporation has opened an online retail store at www.anthonysylvan.com. On the new site, customers will be able to purchase a wide variety of products, including Anthony &... [More]

Spotlight: Alicia Stephens, education manager, BioLab

AQUA Editors
Alicia Stephens teaches chemistry, product knowledge and selling skills for BioLab, based just north of Atlanta in Lawrenceville, Ga. A BioLab veteran of 12 years, she has a bachelor’s degree&nb... [More]

Builder Voices: Mike Farley

Eric Herman
What signs of growth have you seen from the beginning of 2011 until now? As a baseline, 2010 was the worst year I'd ever had in the pool industry going back to my start ... [More]

APSP Sets Agenda For Industry Summit

Barrett Kilmer
The Association of Pool and Spa Professionals (APSP) will unveil the results of a year’s worth of consumer research during its 2012 Industry Summit, scheduled for Aug. 14-15 in Chicago’s H... [More]

World’s Slowest Swimmer Returning to Olympics

Eric Herman
I’ve always loved the Olympics, both summer and winter — for a hundred reasons and for stories like this: Twelve years ago at the Sydney Summer Olympics, Eric “The Eel” Moussam... [More]

Feedback: Get Together (Or Fall Apart)

AQUA Editors
A reader wrote in response to “The Backyard Industry Needs To Come Together, Or Risk Falling Apart.” a blog posted by Matt Giovanisci on April 10. I have seen firsthand over the last 30 ye... [More]

State Of The Industry Survey: Service Sector — The Star of the Recession

Scott Webb
When the curtain came down on the U.S. economy in 2007, the vast majority of builders and retailers took quite a beating, as financing became difficult and homeowners hunkered down in survival mode. H... [More]

State Of The Industry: Retail Still on the Rebound

Barrett Kilmer
Though the housing market still stinks, too many people are out of work and consumer confidence is shaky, the Great Recession (I think it merits upper-case treatment) is over. In fact it’s been ... [More]

Feedback: ADA Is A-OK

AQUA Editors
I swim at a private/public pool which has met the 2012 rules since it opened in 1995. The HVAC has required much more maintenance than the chairlift, which is used at least 10 times a day, seven days ... [More]

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