The Model Aquatic Health Code, meant to provide uniform standards for commercial pools across the nation, will release its last draft for public comment in March rather than February, as originally planned. Stakeholders will have 60 days to comment. Despite this change, the MAHC is still slated for a summer release, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, which is coordinating the code. The MAHC is a model code that can be adopted at the discretion of states and local governments.
Rebecca Robledo is deputy editor of Pool & Spa News and Aquatics International. She is an award-winning trade journalist with more than 25 years experience reporting on and editing content for the pool, spa and aquatics industries. She specializes in technical, complex or detail-oriented subject matter with an emphasis in design and construction, as well as legal and regulatory issues. For this coverage and editing, she has received numerous awards, including four Jesse H. Neal Awards, considered by many to be the “Pulitzer Prize of Trade Journalism.”
