The Current

A Message From Chapter Presidents

Martin Lopez & Scott Bushey

Martin Lopez

Omni Pool Builders & Design

President, Southern Arizona Chapter

Scott Bushey

Pentair

President, Central Arizona Chapter

The end of September and all of October were busy months for the PHTA Central and Southern Arizona Chapters.

The Central Arizona Chapter held its golf tournament September 30th at Arizona Golf Resort. The Caribbean Pools team of Kevin Alber, Brian Smith, Jason Anderson and Jake Howard took first place. Check out the event's pictures here.

Southern Arizona held it's tournament October 21st at Quarry Pines. Omni Pool Builders and Design handed over the annual tournament's cup to the Pentair In-Floor Cleaning & Circulation team which included:

Jaime Guzman

Sam Lorana

Anthony Aragon

Raymond Maes

View event photos here.

Each chapter will make a donation to their community YMCAs through PHTA's Step Into Swim Initiative. Step Into Swim will match our donations which will be used to fund swimming lesson scholarships for kids and adults.

Thank you to our executive director, Susan Kregar, her husband, James, and sidekick, Dawn Vigil, for making these events happen. It's a lot of work and they managed to pull off two successful events two weeks apart.

We have surpassed the $10,000 mark of our $60,000 goal to launch our Let's Pool Together Arizona website and the ability to hire lobbyists to help us educate lawmakers about the positive role pools play in water conservation.

Board members from the Southern Arizona Chapter met with City Council member Kevin Dahl and his chief of staff and Councilmember, Paul Cunningham's chief of staff on October 25th to dispel myths about pool water evaporation and usage and discuss new pool technology that helps conserve water. Individual meetings will be scheduled with council members and Mayor Regina Romero who were unable to attend.

To continue our efforts, we still need your help! Please make a one-time or monthly donation to the cause. Your donations will remain in Arizona.

Donate to the Central Arizona Chapter.

Donate to the Southern Arizona Chapter.

Purchasing your products from POOLCORP? be sure to include the monthly drought donation on your first invoice of the month.

If you have any questions about our any of our advocacy efforts, events programs or membership, please reach out to us.

Keep Splashy, Arizona,

Martin and Scott

Arizona Registrar of Contractors Update



Susan Kregar, our executive director, attended the first meeting of the relaunched Arizona Registrar of Contractors Industry Advisory Council to represent PHTA.

The ROC expects the new Workmanship Standards book will be published in six months. The pool industry is on the list of industries being updated. If you want to provide your input, please Kevin Alber, Caribbean Pools, and vice president of the Central Arizona Chapter or Martin Lopez as they are leading the process for the chapters.

Monthly ROC FYI: 32-1158.01. Swimming pool; spa; construction contracts

Reminder -- Chapter Email Change



The email address for Susan Stein Kregar, the executive director for the PHTA Central & Southern Arizona Chapters is changing. Instead of using [email protected], please use the email [email protected]. The Gmail address will still be checked and used for Google Docs and Calendar.

Construction Career Days



The Central Arizona Chapter once again participated in the event that was held November 1-2, 2023 at Arizona National Guard in Phoenix.

Thank you to Kevin Alber, Scott Bushey, Ian Hanley (pictured to the left) for making sure we had a presence at the event

More than 4500 students from schools all over Arizona, some as far as 300 miles, made the trip to attend this terrific event to learn about a career in construction.

Scott noted, "There are currently 200,000 open positions in construction. For every one person going in to construction, there are 14 people leaving. We need labor. The good news is there are a lot of kids that we talked to who wanted to get into the trades."

PHTA can help you attract those kids!! This winter we will create a list of PHTA members' available jobs and get that information to the Construction Sciences instructors throughout the state.

Stay tuned for more Arizona workforce development ideas!

VENDOR REGISTRATION IS OPEN

You Had Me At . . . Help!

In order to provide the best programs and events, it takes a village of people (not be confused with The Village People), or in our case a pool of people!

Members are needed to help Susan with these upcoming events:

Southern Arizona Table Top

January 16, 2024 -- Tucson

We need help securing vendors, sponsors, raffle prizes and promoting the event.

Southern Arizona Golf Tournament

Spring 2024 -- Date TBD -- Tucson

Central Arizona Golf

Fall 2024 -- Date TBD -- Metro Phoenix

Plus, both chapters are kicking around other activities such as bowling, breweries and more. These volunteer opportunities are not a year-long commitment. Contact Susan to get involved.

PHTA Arizona New Members

Please welcome these companies who joined the Central & Southern PHTA Arizona Chapters in September & October.

Southern Arizona Chapter

MMG Arizona

Melissa Schwartz

520.294.9969

www.mmgarizona.com

Tucson

Central Arizona Chapter

Red Rock Contractors

Rick Chafey

480.539.0111

www.buildredrock.com

Chandler

Welcome back, Rick!

Lizard Pools LLC

Homer Clark

480.489.2577

Mesa

www.lizardpools.com

Scott Van Ramshorst

Pool Service

720.849.4155

Chandler

Not a member? What are you waiting for? Seriously, what are you waiting for?

Join now and take advantage of all PHTA has to offer. Here 's just a sample.

• One free entry to the PHTA Awards of Excellence each year ($249 value)
• One free copy of a PHTA standard of your choosing each year ($165 value)
• Free on-demand PHTA and GENESIS® education through the new Class Pass ($1,000+ value)
• Unlimited free job postings through 2023 on the new Work In Aquatics online job board ($150+ value)
• Free participation in the PHTA Apprenticeship Programs ($500 value)

PHTA National News & Resources

PHTA offers more resources than ever before. See what is coming up and check out these extra special value-added benefits!

Visit us at Booth #6166 and meet the PHTA staff and national board members who diligently work to Educate. Advocate. Elevate. our industry.

Scan this QR Code to access the schedule of events.

PHTA published an article in the October issue of AQUA Magazine covering the 40-year history of PHTA/ANSI standards development and how it has impacted the industry. Steve Barnes, chair of the PHTA Standards Process Committee and director of science and compliance at AquaStar Pool Products, and Joseph Laurino, Ph.D., chair of the PHTA Technical Advisory Council and president and CEO of Periodic Products, Inc., share their own experiences in the article. Read the Full Article.

NEW!

November Standard of the Month

We are excited to offer our newest standard, ANSI/PHTA/ICC-2 2023 American National Standard for Public Pool and Spa Operations and Maintenance that was just published this February, as our November Standard of the Month!

Use code NOVSTD15 at checkout to get 15% off the listed price on both the print or PDF version. Make sure you're staying up to date on inspections, operating permits, water quality, hygiene facilities, indoor/outdoor environment, and other requirements. Buy Now.

PHTA MEMBERS ONLY

PHTA Announces Standard Revision of APSP-11 and Issues Call for Committee Participation

Subject matter experts needed for updated public pool and spa water quality standard.

PHTA is pleased to announce the review and revision of ANSI/APSP/ICC-11 2019 American National Standard for Water Quality in Public Pools and Spas and is calling for subject matter expert participation in the new PHTA-11 Standard Writing Committee. This standard provides recommended minimum guidelines for the specifications for water quality parameters in public pools and spas. Learn More.

Pool & Hot Tub Alliance Central & Southern Arizona Chapters

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