BBHD licenses and inspects all public swimming pools to insure water quality and safe swimming conditions at each pool.  The facility must be in compliance with Section 19-13-B33b of the Connecticut Public Health Code in order to operate.

Download Swimming Pool License Application.

BBHD environmental staff also collects weekly samples of all bathing waters within the district.  In the case of repeated elevated levels of E. coli, the area is closed to the public until the levels are safe.

Recommended procedure for clean-up of fecal, vomit, and blood incidents in and around public swimming pools and whirlpool spas

Guidelines for Pool Closure

Connecticut Public Swimming Pools