There was a girl in I believe North Carolina who had her intestines sucked out when she was about 6 years old. I don't know about anybody else but that sounds horrible to me!

Maybe the delay is a good thing ....how cool it is would you want to take a dip now...maybe Janesville should stay open later to compensate for this ...you know it will still be hot in September.

I believe in the worst of these pool drain cases that death was not due to drowning. It was from infection and internal damage caused when the strong pool suction actually ripped the childrens intestines out.
I think that saving even one child from this type of death is worth a few kids having to wait a few weeks to swim.

when we were kids we would fool with the suction drains at the bottom of these pools, never knowing about the harm they could cause. the question is, why so expensive a fix. modified drains are rouded like a ball cut in half so a person can't get a full suction effect. these drains have been around a long time.

36 people, mainly small children, have died by being trapped by the pool suction drain. Yes, it is a serious problem.

why does uncle sam have to stick there nose in every facet of life? I think this had to do with the amount of suction in the drains correct me if I am wrong but I can't belive that this is a serious problem other than to the public sector to pay.

The new law seems to have caught the industry and pool owners, including municipalities, off guard.
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There is conflicting information on this, however, it appears that if the pool owner has had the drains inspected and is making good faith efforts to come into compliance, they may operate their pools this summer whether they have been able to complete repairs or not.

This was in the news a couple months ago too. The big problem is that the parts aren't available, and if all the pools in the state need them, and the manufacturer can't make enough parts, why should the kids suffer?

Every jurisdiction in the country is scrambling to comply with the law, so Janesville is by no means alone here. Note that they cannot legally open the pools until the upgrade is complete.

DenWeb: This article http://www.jsonline.com/news/wisconsin/4... from the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel claims that the required parts were not available from the manufacturers when the law was made back in December. Perhaps the parts are just now becoming available so it was easier for the City to delay the opening of the pools than to open them and have to close them again to make the necessary upgrades.

I think WCLO said sometime around June 15th?

So how long is the opening going to be delayed?

They wait until NOW to deal with this....??
Bad timing for summer swimmers