Section 675IAC20-1.1-22. Definitions "W"

   (a) "Wading area" means the portions of a pool having water depths of two (2) feet and less.

  (b) "Walls" means interior pool wall surfaces consisting of surfaces from the vertical to a forty-five (45) degree slope.

  (c) "Waste piping" means piping that conveys wastewater.

  (d) "Water attraction" means a public facility with design and operational features that provide patron water recreational activity other than or in addition to wading, swimming, and diving. Types of water attractions include the following:

(1) "Activity pool" as defined in section 16(d)(1) of this rule.

(2) "Interactive play attraction". See section 10(c) of this rule.

(3) "Leisure river" means a stream of near-constant depth in which the water is moved by pumps or other means of propulsion to provide a river-like flow that transports users over a defined path. The term includes play features and devices. A leisure river may also be referred to as a tubing pool, lazy river, or a current channel.

(4) "Plunge pool" as defined in section 16(d)(7) of this rule.

(5) "Pool slide" means a slide where the drop from the slide terminus to water is less than twenty (20) inches and the flume carries no water flow.

(6) "Special use pool" as defined in section 16(d)(8) of this rule.

(7) "Spray pad". See "interactive play attraction" in section 10(c) of this rule.

(8) "Vanishing edge pool" as defined in section 16(d)(11) of this rule.

(9) "Vortex pool" as defined in section 16(d)(12) of this rule.

(10) "Water attraction complex" means a facility where a water attraction is located within an enclosure or room with another water attraction or public swimming pool.

(11) "Waterslide" means a slide where a water flow is intended to carry a rider down a flume and includes the following:

(A) "Children's slide" means a slide that has a maximum height of four (4) feet as measured vertically from the slide entrance to the slide terminus and located in not less than twenty-four (24) inches of water.

(B) "Drop slide" means a slide where the terminus is located twenty (20) inches or more above deep water.

(C) "Flume slide" means an open or closed (tube) slide from a platform that is usually three (3) meters or more in height and empties into water less than four (4) feet deep.

(D) "Pool slide" means a slide where the drop from the slide terminus to water is less than twenty (20) inches and the flume carries less than one hundred (100) gpm of water.

(E) "Recreational slide" means an open or closed (tube) slide from a platform less than three (3) meters in height and empties in various depths of water.

(F) "Run-out slide" means a waterslide where the rider does not enter into a plunge pool, but has a deceleration area that permits the rider to come to a stop before exiting the slide flume.

(G) "Speed slide" means a water slide so designed for high velocity rides that usually ends in a straight run out for deceleration and exit.

(12) "Wave pool" as defined in section 16(d)(14) of this rule.

(13) "Zero-depth entry pool" as defined in section 16(d)(16) of this rule.

  (e) "Waterline" means one (1) of the following:

(1) The waterline for the skimmer system shall fall in the midpoint of the operating range of the skimmers.

(2) The waterline for the overflow system shall be established by the height of the overflow rim or the mid-level of surge weirs, if present.

  (f) "Width or length" means the actual water dimension taken from wall to wall at the waterline.

  (g) "Winterizing" means the procedure for preparing pools from freezing weather. The term includes chemical treatment of the standing water, plus physical and chemical protection of the pool and its equipment against freezing.

  (h) "Working pressure" means the maximum operating water pressure recommended by the manufacturer. (Fire Prevention and Building Safety Commission; 675 IAC 20-1.1-22; filed Aug 14, 1989, 9:00 a.m.: 13 IR 46, eff Sep 1, 1989 [IC 4-22-2-36 suspends the effectiveness of a rule document for thirty (30) days after filing with the secretary of state. LSA Document #89-17 was filed Aug 14, 1989.]; readopted filed Sep 11, 2001, 2:49 p.m.: 25 IR 530; readopted filed Sep 21, 2007, 9:20 a.m.: 20071010- IR-675070388RFA; readopted filed Oct 10, 2007, 9:16 a.m: 20071031-IR-675070388RFA; filed Mar 25, 2011, 10:19 a.m.: 20110420-IR-675090789FRA; readopted filed Aug 7, 2013, 8:51 a.m.: 20130904-IR-675130181RFA)