Bathing water / baths - Information on hygiene & water quality
Beratungen über die Hygiene in öffentlichen Bädern, mögliche Erkrankungen, welche durch einen Badebesuch bedingt sein können, bietet das Team Hygiene der Stadt Jena an. Außerdem erhalten Sie Auskünfte über die Wasserqualität und die Hygiene in öffentlichen Bädern.
In diesem Kontext sind wir Ansprechpartner für Beschwerden.
Details
The public health department in Jena monitors public swimming and bathing pools as well as bathing water from a hygienic point of view and offers advice on diseases associated with bathing water. It can follow up on indications and determine possible causes through inspections and sampling.
Information on water quality in pools (e.g. Ostbad) and official bathing waters (e.g. Schleichersee) can also be obtained from the Jena Health Department.
Every person can contact the health department of the city of Jena if hygienic deficiencies are detected.
Procedure/Deadlines
Bathing water list
Announcement of the bathing water list in accordance with § 12 para. 1 of the Thuringian Ordinance on the Quality and Management of Bathing Water (ThürBgwVO) of 30.06.2009: The Health Department of the City of Jena announces that a list of bathing waters is being compiled in accordance with § 14 para. 1 of the ThürBgwVO.
According to § 12 of the ThürBgwVO, citizens can make suggestions when the list of bathing waters is being compiled. Enquiries, suggestions and information on bathing waters in the city of Jena can be sent by 1 April of the year to the:
Public Health Department of the City of Jena
Lutherplatz 3
07743 Jena
Telephone number 0049 3641 49-3293 or by e-mail to gesundheitsamt@jena.de.
Opening hours
|
Tag |
Zeiten |
|---|---|
| Montag | 08:00 – 11:30 Uhr |
| Dienstag | 08:00 – 11:30 Uhr |
| Mittwoch | keine Sprechzeiten |
| Donnerstag | 08:00 – 11:30 Uhr und 14:00 – 18:00 Uhr |
| Freitag | 08:00 – 11:30 Uhr |
Bitte vereinbaren Sie telefonisch einen persönlichen Beratungstermin.
Fees
| services | Fee |
|---|---|
| Consultations and information | free of charge |
|
Inspection of a swimming and bathing pool facility |
at cost |
|
Site inspection of the bathing area |
at cost |
|
Taking a water sample |
10,00 € |
|
Determination of the temperature |
3,00 € |
|
Determination of the pH value |
10,00 € |
|
Determination of free chlorine |
5,00 € |
|
Determination of combined chlorine |
5,00 € |
|
Determination of redox potential |
3,00 € |
|
Determination of transparency |
10,00 € |
|
Determination of dissolved oxygen |
15,00 € |
Legal basis
Swimming and bathing pools
- Infection Protection Actz
- Ordnungsbehördliche Verordnung über Sicherheitsvorkehrungen in Badeanstalten im Freistaat Thüringen (Ordinance on safety precautions in bathing establishments in the Free State of Thuringia)
- DIN 19643 - Treatment of swimming and bathing pool water
- Recommendation of the Federal Environment Agency "Hygiene requirements for baths and their monitoring".
Bathing water
- Directive 2006/7/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning the quality and management of bathing water and repealing Directive 76/160/EEC
- Thuringia Ordinance on Bathing Water Quality and Management (ThürBgwVO)
- Recommendation on the protection of bathers from cyanobacterial toxins of the Federal Environment Agency
- DIN EN ISO 19458 Sampling for microbiological investigations