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New CA Law require pools and spas used by the public to have new anti-
The covers are designed to protect swimmers, especially young children,
from being trapped underwater by the suction created by the filtration
Congress enacted the law requiring the pool drain covers last year after 7-
year-old Virginia Graeme Baker drowned when she became trapped in a
spa drain in 2002. Her grandfather, former Secretary of State James
Baker, pushed for its passage.
Drains have reportedly resulted in nine deaths in seven years, with 63
injuries. Currently, the Carlsbad Pool is no in compliance and, “Carlsbad
officials have not yet decided whether to close the city’s single pool until
the retrofit is done.”
All we can say is: close it until it is fixed and fix it immediately. Having
been sucked onto a couple drains in our lives we can say that these drains
are far, far more dangerous that the statistics suggest.
The covers are designed to protect swimmers, especially young children,
from being trapped underwater by the suction created by the filtration
Congress enacted the law requiring the pool drain covers last year after 7-
year-old Virginia Graeme Baker drowned when she became trapped in a
spa drain in 2002. Her grandfather, former Secretary of State James
Baker, pushed for its passage.
Drains have reportedly resulted in nine deaths in seven years, with 63
injuries. Currently, the Carlsbad Pool is no in compliance and, “Carlsbad
officials have not yet decided whether to close the city’s single pool until
the retrofit is done.”
All we can say is: close it until it is fixed and fix it immediately. Having
been sucked onto a couple drains in our lives we can say that these drains
are far, far more dangerous that the statistics suggest.
