Section 410IAC6-7.1-27. Swimming pools and bathing beaches

   (a) Swimming pools shall comply with 410 IAC 6-2 and 675 IAC 20.

  (b) Bathing beaches shall comply with the following:

(1) Campground bathing beaches shall have a water surface area of at least one (1) acre.

(2) A minimum of twenty-five (25) square feet of water surface per bather shall be provided in areas having a water depth less than four (4) feet.

(3) At least seventy-five (75) square feet of water surface per bather shall be provided in areas over four (4) feet deep.

(4) A minimum of thirty-five (35) square feet of land area shall be provided per bather.

(5) The campground bathing beach, from the shoreline out to a water depth of six (6) feet, shall consist of sand or pea gravel or other material to minimize turbidity.

(6) Floating marker lines securely anchored with buoys, spaced at intervals of no more than twenty-five (25) feet, shall be provided to designate the perimeter of the bathing area. Marker lines shall delineate the separation between the shallow (less than five (5) feet), deep, and diving areas. Depth markers shall be provided at diving areas.

(7) Toilet facilities shall be provided within five hundred (500) feet of the campground bathing beach, in the ratio of one (1) toilet for each fifty (50) bathers. Where flush toilets are provided, lavatories shall be provided in the ratio of one (1) lavatory for each fifty (50) bathers.

(8) Water samples shall be collected at the campground bathing beach for bacteriological examination and submitted to an approved laboratory for analysis. Samples shall be submitted in accordance with the following:

(A) One (1) sample at least two (2) weeks prior to opening.

(B) One (1) sample each week the bathing beach is open thereafter.

(C) One (1) sample after a heavy rainfall of at least one-half (½) inch.

(9) Bathing beach samples shall be collected within one (1) foot of the surface, in water having a depth of at least three (3) feet, but no more than six (6) feet and at least twenty (20) feet from swimmers and animals.

(10) The bathing beach must be closed if the beach water quality does not meet the following water quality standards:

(A) Escherichia coliform bacteria, using the membrane filter count, exceeds one hundred twenty-five (125) colonies per one hundred (100) milliliters as a geometric mean based on no less than five (5) samples equally spaced over a thirty (30) day period.

(B) Escherichia coliform bacteria using the membrane filter count exceeds two hundred thirty-five (235) colonies per one hundred (100) milliliters in any one (1) sample in a thirty (30) day period.

(C) The water has aquatic vegetation, deposits, growths, oil, grease, chemicals, or other substances capable of creating toxic reactions, skin, or membrane irritations, or a health or safety hazard.

(11) Results of each camp bathing beach water sample analysis must be reported to the department.

(12) The minimum safety equipment required at all bathing beaches shall include:

(A) a rescue tube; and

(B) a ring buoy with an attached rope at least forty-five (45) feet in length.

(13) Safety equipment shall be kept clean, in good repair, and ready for use.

(Indiana State Department of Health; 410 IAC 6-7.1-27; filed Jun 27, 2002, 1:30 p.m.: 25 IR 3747; errata filed Aug 19, 2002, 1:57 p.m.: 26 IR 36; readopted filed Jul 14, 2008, 2:14 p.m.: 20080806-IR-410080322RFA; readopted filed Sep 10, 2014, 2:08 p.m.: 20141008-IR-410140299RFA)