Davis County health officials send revised public-pool regulations to public comment; higher fees proposed

The Davis County Board of Health on Aug. 12 approved sending proposed revisions to the county's public-pool regulation out for public comment, and agreed to appoint a volunteer public hearing officer to accept oral testimony.

The revisions, presented by Jay (Environmental health staff), would formally adopt the state administrative code cited in the presentation (R392-302) as the baseline standard and add local requirements and enforcement language, expanded construction inspections, a clause allowing the health department to require structural-engineer certifications for certain aquatic structures, and higher permit and plan-review fees to cover rising laboratory and inspection costs.

Jay told the board the department inspects roughly 250 public pools in the county and samples each pool monthly for two tests: a bacteriological assay and a heterotrophic plate count. He said the laboratory and staff costs for those samples have risen sharply. "On an annual…