For aquatic managers, ensuring your pool's water is properly chlorinated is one of the most important steps in keeping your pool operational and your water sparkling clear. Recently, new patent-pending high capacity erosion (HCE) technology was developed, resulting in better-performing systems for delivering calcium hypochlorite solutions, with a feeder designed for medium and large commercial swimming pools and recreational water facilities.

Whether your pool is a standard rectangular lap-style pool or a more complex lazy river, commercial pool covers can be designed specifically to meet your requirements.

Among many park agencies and other recreation organizations, concerns about staffing have seen a dramatic increase over the past year. In fact, there was a 15.8-point increase in the number of respondents to Recreation Management's Industry Report survey who said staffing issues were a top concern at their facility this year, making it the No. 1 concern in 2022.

As pool operators know, chlorine is an essential tool in ensuring pool water is safe for swimmers, as well as preventing problems with the pool itself. Chlorine protects swimmers from water-borne illnesses, and helps keep other problems like algae out of pools.

If you want guests to enjoy your site and stick around longer, you need to ensure you're providing all of the right amenities. Restrooms are an especially important consideration, and while many parks and sites turn to porta-potties, they're not always appealing to guests.

We all know the value of playgrounds for inspiring physical activity in children, but we also know that their benefits expand far beyond mere exercise of the body. Children experience sensory stimulation and develop motor skills.

Most aquatic facilities are trying to get back to a level of pre-pandemic operations, which underscores the critical need to ensure that lifeguards and swim instructors are properly trained and constantly improving to fill any knowledge gaps.

Navigating Staffing Challenges 

Like most organizations in the wake of the pandemic and the so-called "Great Resignation," recreation, sports and fitness facilities have been struggling with staffing challenges. Here we talked to some savvy professionals to find out how they're navigating these changes.

From popular public parks to upscale fitness clubs, from the local ballfield to a family-friendly aquatic park—no matter what kinds of facilities you've got to manage, problems are bound to arise.

After the Biden Administration announced the 25 communities that will receive technical assistance under the Recreation Economy for Rural Communities program, Outdoor Recreation Roundtable (ORR) lauded the announcement.