ASTM International

Standard Practice for Classification, Design, Manufacture, Construction, and Operation of Water Slide Systems
 N F2376

Annotation

This practice applies to the classification, design, manufacture, construction, and operation of water slide systems. Water slide systems shall be defined as rides intended for use by riders in bathing attire where the action of the ride involves possible and purposeful immersion of the rider's body either in whole or in part in water, and uses circulating water to mobilize or lubricate the rider's transportation along a purpose built path. This includes slides used with or without vehicles as defined below. The terms water slides, waterslides, and slides shall be considered equivalent when used in this practice.

For the purposes of this practice, a water slide system includes:

The flume,

The water-circulation system,

The starting platform with associated means of access and egress,

The structural supports,

Vehicles or other aquatic accessories that are part of the water slide as defined by the manufacturer, and

Means of slide termination.

This practice shall not apply to:

Any water slides installed in private residences,

Water flume amusement rides where contact with water is merely incidental (for example, log flume rides, shoot-the-chutes),

Amusement rides and devices whose design criteria are specifically addressed in another ASTM standard,