CDC at Work: Healthy Swimming

The Healthy Swimming Program works to protect the health of swimmers and aquatics staff by:

Studying recreational water illnesses (RWIs) and how to prevent the spread of the germs that cause them
Studying pool chemical–associated health events and how to prevent them
Communicating study results to the public, state and local public health colleagues, aquatics staff, and lawmakers

Studying RWIs to learn who they impact and when and where they occur in the United States. Recent areas of focus include:
- Aquatics Facility Inspection Data
- RWI outbreaks[PDF – 80 pages]
Developing health promotion materials and recommendations for preventing RWIs and controlling RWI outbreaks and making these resources and recommendations readily available on the Healthy Swimming website.
Promoting healthy swimming during Healthy and Safe Swimming Week (the week before Memorial Day) and throughout the year.