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PHTA UPDATES
All week long, PHTA is celebrating National Volunteer Week! Take a moment to watch our video, and follow along on our social media accounts as we thank all of the volunteers who make our industry great!
  
We had so many new Certified Pool & Spa Operators in the first quarter of 2022, they needed their own page! Congratulations to the 7,669 professionals who earned their CPO certification and are committed to making aquatic facilities safer for everyone.
PHTA is excited to launch a new membership series, PHTA Deep Dives: Member Spotlight. We are conducting monthly interviews with PHTA members to learn more about different aspects of the pool, spa, and hot tub industry and creating articles, videos, and audio files to share with you. Thank you to our first interviewees, Keith Harbeck and Lance Irby of Premier Pools & Spas in Sacramento, CA!
PHTA's awards program recognizes prominent achievements and outstanding performers in the pool, spa, and hot tub industry. We know our members are the best of the best! PHTA is now accepting nominations for the following awards: – Builder of the Year – Service Professional of the Year – Retailer of the Year – Young Professional of the Year – NEW! Volunteer of the Year Please complete and return the Nomination Form by June 15.
PHTA is looking for committed individuals to guide the organization through today’s challenges and tomorrow’s opportunities. We are seeking nominees for the PHTA Board of Directors. Whether you’re nominating yourself or a colleague, having a strong board that represents the different segments of our industry is key to our long-term success and advancing the industry. Download the Nominee Packet to learn more about the role our board plays, and fill out the Nomination Form by June 1.
EDUCATION AND EVENTS
Looking through a magazine of pools, it is easy to find well-conceived plans that failed to unify the design with proper material and color selections. Color is one of our basic means of communication and it influences our emotions, so it must be understood and controlled. GENESIS® D231: Color Theory and Its Application introduces the basic dynamics of color: its principles, fundamentals, and psychology and how to apply the science to project design. D231 is taking place virtually May 9-12! Register today to save your spot.
MEMBERSHIP
Your customers text. So should your business. Connect with website traffic, get more reviews, collect payments, and more by sending a quick message. Podium can help you grow your business. Check them out at www.podium.com and contact them at (833) 276-3486 to get started. STANDARDS AND CODES
The Dr. R. Neil Lowry Grant is a $5,000 grant that honors a public health official or department who has made outstanding contributions to advance the public’s health and safe use of recreational water in pools, spas, and waterparks through educational, safety, operational, and technical programs. PHTA is now accepting nominations for 2022. The award will be presented at the World Aquatic Health Conference in October. The submission deadline is August 12!
ADVOCACY
Check out the latest decarb action that your local city or county council considered this past week. Please see the latest report to find out what has been happening in cities and counties nationwide so far in 2022. PHTA now has a draft city/county decarbonization letter to assist you with advocacy to your local municipal and county council meetings to request reconsideration of a ban or ask for exemption from a ban under consideration for natural gas. The letter is formatted as a Microsoft Word document and can be downloaded from the PHTA website. You can easily repurpose and modify the letter specific to your local municipal or county council. FOR YOUR BUSINESS
AQUA
For pool and spa service companies that are on the road almost every day, the rise in gas prices has forced a dilemma between preserving profits and maintaining customer goodwill. INDUSTRY NEWS
PHTA is sad to announce the passing of Philip Leslie, founder of Leslie's Swimming Pool Supplies. He grew his business into 65 stores across the San Fernando Valley and the nation, and the name Leslie's became synonymous with clean swimming. We offer our condolences to his family, friends, colleagues, and industry peers.
The industry’s smallest footprint heater allows replacement of almost any heater in an existing pad with the efficiency and reliability of the new Universal HC Series dual-fuel technology heater from Hayward®. Every detail has been thoughtfully engineered with easy drop-in replacement in mind. Its significantly smaller size compared to other gas heaters on the market and zero-wall clearance design allow it to fit into small pads and tight spaces. Its exclusive adaptive plumbing allows for installation without having to cut pipes. The dual-fuel technology provides easy in-field conversions between liquid propane and natural gas. A quick-access reversible top of the Universal HC Series eliminates the need to remove side panels for servicing and enables plumbing to easily be swapped from right to left while providing access to gas shutoff, voltage selection, and more – all via a single fastener. It all adds up to a durable, ultra-powerful heater with the industry’s smallest footprint. Is your connected home product or system innovative? Does it offer a unique value proposition? Provide a seamless consumer experience? Deliver energy savings and load management capabilities? If so, enter the 2022 Integrated Home Competition to garner support from the utility industry and receive a year of promotion. There is a category specifically for pool pumps! The deadline has been extended to this Friday, April 22.
Pool Magazine
Demand for hot tubs and spas remains high two years into a streak of unprecedented growth. Hot tubs are often in the top 10 of “I want” lists, and they are relatively low-cost compared to swimming pools. AQUA
With spring just around the corner, brush up on the basics of pool startups after a long winter. Pool and Spa News
With the unprecedented demand for pools, some pool/spa contractors in the cold-weather states have started using tents and heaters to enable nearly year-round construction. UPCOMING EVENTS
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PHTA has developed new member anniversary digital badges to recognize members' standing with the association. PHTA will start sending out the digital anniversary badges in early May. With the distribution of the first set of badges, PHTA will promote the new badges with suggested ideas on where to place the badge and how to use the badge in your marketing and promotions. Keep an eye on your inbox next month!
C201 GENESIS® CONSTRUCTION SCHOOL: Concrete Pools
