The National Sanitation Foundation (NSF), together with American National Standards Institute (ANSI) and National Standard of Canada (CAN) established a slip resistance standard for recreational water facilities. Formalized in NSF/ANSI/CAN 50 – 2020, the standard requires a wet Slip Resistance Value, SRV, of 40 or greater, measured using the pendulum slip resistance test method. Though … Continue reading “Slip Resistance Standard NSF 50 for Swimming Pools, Spas, Hot Tubs, Splash Pads, etc.”
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Water Parks: Inputs Wanted for Splash Pad Slip Resistance Standard
“Splash pads” are areas that contain water-play features and may contain play structures, but do not permit water to accumulate to any real depth. Their aliases include aquatic play pad, spray zone, spray pool, spray pad, spray deck, rain deck, and splash deck. There are 5,000–10,000 commercial or public splash pads in the USA, and … Continue reading “Water Parks: Inputs Wanted for Splash Pad Slip Resistance Standard”