PHOTO: More pools means higher drowning risk and inflatables are no exception.
Lachlan Shire Council has expressed concern around the large increase in the number of inflatable swimming pools being erected throughout the local area.
As a high percentage of these pools can be seen and accessed from both public and private properties they pose significant risk to the community.
“Swimming pool safety is an issue that concerns the community, and council officers will be doing their utmost to ensure compliance with the Act and Regulations to help prevent a drowning tragedy occurring in the future,” Lachlan Shire Council Mayor John Medcalf said…