Despite the heat wave, it’s getting close to the time of year when swimming pool owners might drain their summertime splash/tanning zone for winter. Pools can hold tens of thousands of gallons of ...

HOUSTON – In a recent incident that has alarmed parents, an 8-year-old girl died after she was caught in a pool drain pipe at a hotel pool in northwest Houston, raising concerns about the safety ...

Swimming pool drain covers sold online at Walmart should not be used because they fail to meet mandatory safety standards. The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission is warning consumers to ...

Pools make for entertaining places to spend summer days and evenings. Pools provide some respite from the heat of the sun and children often spend hours splashing with friends, all the while getting ...

Eight manufacturers have voluntarily recalled about 1 million pool and in-ground spa drain covers because of incorrect water flow ratings. The Consumer Product Safety Commission announced the recall ...

MINNEAPOLIS—Nearly three months after a federal deadline to make public swimming pools safer, many have yet to be fitted with equipment aimed at keeping children safe from the powerful and sometimes ...

CHICAGO — Thousands of public and private pools across the country will have to be retrofitted with new safety equipment after a recall Thursday of drain covers that may not protect swimmers from ...

A faulty swimming pool drain cost 6-year-old Abigail Taylor her life. The Edina girl was swimming in a kiddie pool at the Minneapolis Golf Club on June 29, 2007, when she got lodged in an open pool ...

FRANKFORT — When people go swimming in Lexington's nine public pools this summer, the water should be much safer thanks to anti-drowning drain covers in place under a new federal law. A state ...