§ 8-595. Water supply.

Every person in possession of land on which a private swimming pool is located shall have such pool conform with the following regulations:

(1)

The water supply shall be from a connection to a public water supply and shall consist of a permanent rigid system of piping having an air-gap delivery connection located not less than six inches vertically above the flood rim of the pool.

(2)

No private swimming pool in excess of 5,000 gallons capacity shall be installed or used without a recirculating and filtering system having a minimum hourly capacity equal to the pool volume divided by ten. Sufficient filter area shall be provided to filter the entire pool volume in 18 hours at a rate not exceeding three gallons per square foot of filter area per minute.

(3)

No water from any swimming pool shall be discharged directly into the sanitary or storm sewer system, or onto adjoining properties.

(Code 1993, § 9-9.6)