ASTM International

Standard Practice for Manufacture, Construction, Operation, and Maintenance of Aquatic Play Equipment
 N F2461

Annotation

This practice covers information for manufacture, construction, operations and maintenance of aquatic play equipment and provides safety performance standards for various types of public aquatic play components and aquatic play composite structures.

Inclusions:

Climbable and climb-resistant aquatic play components, composite aquatic play structures, user controls, water sprays, fountains, and slides that occur on wet decks and wading, swimming or leisure pools. The play components specified herein occur for use in aquatic play areas.

Play equipment, fall zones, use zones for wet decks, wading pools, swimming pools and leisure pools.

This standard is intended to apply to Aquatic Play Equipment that is located in and around re- circulated and potable water recreational facilities. Such facilities include but are not limited to amusement parks, theme parks, water parks, family entertainment centers, municipal swimming pools and municipal parks.

Waterslides 6 ft in height or smaller.

Exclusions:

Playground equipment that does not have an entry or an exit onto or into a wet deck, wading pool, swimming pool or aquatic recreation pool.

Home playground or home pool equipment or play equipment as scoped in Consumer Safety Performance Specification F 1148 and ANSI/NSPI-5.

Waterslides as scoped in Practice F 2376-08

Flotation devices used on water slides or in swimming pools.