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PHTA UPDATES
  
PHTA is excited to announce its newest Strategic Partner, Lyon Financial. Lyon Financial has been the industry leader in providing swimming pool and home improvement financing options since 1979. They offer personalized, hassle-free financial solutions tailor-made to clients’ individual needs and qualifications, eliminating the usual lengthy and stressful loan process to quickly and conveniently bring backyard dreams to life.

PHTA is pleased to announce that its first event of 2022 was a success. PHTA and GENESIS® led educational sessions and hosted a booth at the Southwest Pool & Spa Show in San Antonio, TX, last week. GENESIS® offered two pre-conference sessions, both of which sold out well before the start date. GENESIS® C201: CONSTRUCTION SCHOOL: Concrete Pools had 69 students, setting a new attendance record for both PHTA and GENESIS® education. In addition, more than 20 students attended D265: Master Designer Methods: Kirk Bianchi Crafting the Outdoor Space as a Living Art Form.

  
In the newest episode of the Step Into Swim podcast, Rowdy Gaines and Lucky Meisenheimer discuss Lucky's Lake Swim, the history of the Golden Mile charitable event, Lucky's connection to the Special Olympics, and how to continue making open-water swimming safer for all swimmers.

You can listen to Step Into Swim on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, and directly on the PHTA website.
RESOURCE OF THE WEEK
  
Indoor swimming pools offer challenges both in maintaining proper water balance and proper sanitization. The PHTA Recreational Water Quality Committee (RWQC) recently developed a Fact Sheet on Air Quality in Indoor Swimming Venues that covers disinfection by-products (DBP), potential risks associated with them, and current practices to help mitigate these potential risks. This topic is especially important in the winter months, when people are more likely to be using and working at indoor aquatic facilities.
EDUCATION AND EVENTS
  
If you're in Atlantic City this week, meet PHTA at Booth 1913 and learn about our programs and services. Today and tomorrow, PHTA and GENESIS® are leading educational sessions on PHTA standards, federal pool pump regulations, running a safe and compliant workplace, and indoor air quality.
During D271: Architectural Styles, instructor Paul John Boulifard will describe the key principles of various styles and how to coordinate watershape design with architecture. A pool or spa does not exist on its own. It is part of the larger landscape and architectural style of the home. Learning how to match the design of the pool to the architecture of the home can take a project from "fine" to "masterpiece." Join us virtually February 14, 15, 21, and 22 for D271.
In E245: Standards, Codes, and Ordinances: A Builder's Guide to Proper Implementation, you will learn the actual definitions of "standard," "code," and "ordinance" and how they differ in application. Instructor Terry Brannon, P.E., has 40 years of engineering experience in the aquatics industry and has compiled helpful graphs, charts, and spreadsheets to simplify the calculating and checking of calculations needed for pool and spa permits. Register today for E245! This virtual class begins February 23.
  
Check out the GENESIS® short courses during the Everything Under the Sun Expo in Orlando this March! We'll be teaching E151: The Do's and Don'ts of Pool Engineering & Construction; E155: Elevated Pool Construction; C171: Project Profiles - An Interactive Discussion on Design and Construction; and C309: The Beauty of the Edge - Vanishing Edge, Grass Edge, Perimeter Overflow Pools. Registration is now open, so don't delay!
  
Join the California Pool & Spa Association (CPSA) on Wednesday, March 9 at Skylinks at Long Beach Golf Course for a special golf tournament open to everyone in the pool, spa, and hot tub industry! Come to town a day early for the Western Pool & Spa Show and spend the day on the golf course networking with your industry colleagues and clients. Proceeds benefit CPSA's grassroots advocacy efforts and the CPSA Industry Defense Fund. Sign up your company or lPSSA Chapter for a foursome or sponsorship today!

 

 
MEMBERSHIP
Does a work question have you stumped? Interested to see if other pool industry professionals around the country are experiencing the same challenges as you? Have a funny or insightful anecdote that you think others would like to hear? Share all of this and much more at myPHTA, the online community exclusively for PHTA members.
PHTA offers members low-cost Safety Data Sheets (SDS) on demand and a chemical spill control hotline that keeps your business OSHA-compliant and your employees and customers safe. Subscribing takes the unsure out of hazmat management.
  
Mentors often receive just as much – if not more – benefit from mentoring as their mentees! Sign up for the PHTA Mentor Program and you will shape the future of pool, hot tub, and aquatic professionals; enhance your reputation and professional identity; further develop your leadership and management qualities; gain recognition for your skills and experience; and so much more!

 

STANDARDS AND CODES

PHTA Codes staff consulted with PHTA Manufacturers Council members and other PHTA volunteers on PHTA joining other members of the CA Chamber of Commerce/Consumer Brands Association Proposition 65 Coalition in submitting public comments on newly proposed rulemakings. PHTA did sign onto the coalition letter that was submitted prior to the public comment deadline.

Dell Inc.
FOR YOUR BUSINESS
AQUA Magazine
Swim spas are a growing product category, but manufacturers note that it’s hindered by misconceptions about the product and a lack of focus in marketing to sell it.
Forbes
Last year, the IRS didn’t include its new form for reporting non-employee compensation (1099-NEC) in the Combined Federal State Filing program. The result is that 36 states that participate in the combined tax reporting program had to enact their own direct reporting requirement.
Construction Programs & Results, Inc.
How do you handle it when a client cancels a contract on you? Cancellations happen for all kinds of reasons, and you should be prepared for that eventuality.
INDUSTRY NEWS
PoolPro
Three PHTA members share their thoughts on what’s to come in 2022.
PoolPro
The times can and do change. Seven female pool professionals discuss their businesses, the sometimes-winding paths of their career trajectories, and their experiences in the industry.
Pool and Spa News
It’s a peculiar hue to see in a pool – and it’s caused by either manganese or copper cyanurate. It doesn’t just happen overnight, so read on for prevention and maintenance tips.

UPCOMING EVENTS
14
Feb 2022
 
February 14, 15, 21, 22
6 p.m. - 10 p.m. ET
23
Feb 2022
 
February 23-24
6 p.m. - 9 p.m. ET
4
Mar 2022
 
March 4-5
Orlando, FL
9
Mar 2022
 
March 9
Long Beach, CA
10
Mar 2022
 
March 10-12
Long Beach, CA