jeffw@lemmy.worldM to News@lemmy.world · 5 months agoAn 8-year-old girl was sucked into a swimming pool pipe at a Hilton hotel. The management company blamed her parentswww.independent.co.ukexternal-linkmessage-square67fedilinkarrow-up1426arrow-down17
arrow-up1419arrow-down1external-linkAn 8-year-old girl was sucked into a swimming pool pipe at a Hilton hotel. The management company blamed her parentswww.independent.co.ukjeffw@lemmy.worldM to News@lemmy.world · 5 months agomessage-square67fedilink
minus-squareForfaden@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·5 months agoI work in the pool industry. From my understanding, she was sucked into a water return so there isn’t regulation requiring a cover It’s like being sucked into the end of a fire hose, there isn’t a cover because it’s supposed to pushing water out so a cover wouldn’t help If I remember right, the pool was recently renovated so I believe they plumbed it backwards. So the water was returning through a screen
I work in the pool industry. From my understanding, she was sucked into a water return so there isn’t regulation requiring a cover
It’s like being sucked into the end of a fire hose, there isn’t a cover because it’s supposed to pushing water out so a cover wouldn’t help
If I remember right, the pool was recently renovated so I believe they plumbed it backwards. So the water was returning through a screen