Pools & Beaches
Tasks
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Enforce Chapter V of the State Sanitary Code: Minimum Standards for Swimming Pools;
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Issue annual permits for all swimming pools (public and semi-public);
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Routinely inspect all swimming pools (public and semi-public);
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Issuing orders, holding hearings, granting variances, and taking water samples as needed;
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Enforce Chapter VII of the State Sanitary Code: Minimum Standard for Bathing Beaches;
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Conduct weekly water quality testing at all public and semi public bathing beaches;
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Monitory test results following weekly water quality testing at all public and semi public bathing beaches;
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Notify Massachusetts Department of Public Health of any exceedences from state standards at any bathing beaches in the Town of Cohasset;
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Close any beach whose bacterial count exceeds maximum state thresholds (prohibit swimming);
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Reviewing plans for new and/or altered bathing beaches.
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