Advances in Swimming Pool Hygiene Safety and Spa Research
A special issue of Water (ISSN 2073-4441). This special issue belongs to the section "Water and One Health".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 December 2025 | Viewed by 2984
Special Issue Editors
Interests: water quality; water microbiology; recreational waters
Interests: microbiology; public health; salmonella; listeriosis; foodborne disease epidemiology
Interests: recreational waters; disinfection; surveillance; monitoring; hygiene; public health; biotechnology; innovation
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
We are pleased to announce that the "11th Conference on Swimming Pools and Spas", which will be held in Athens during October 2025, has been granted a Special Issue with MDPI’s Water for the publication of selected papers to be presented at the conference. This is a wonderful opportunity to release a Special Issue focusing on topics related to swimming pools and spas. We eagerly anticipate your submissions on the following thematic areas:
- Water microbiology.
- Water chemistry.
- Disinfection.
- Swimming and health—pros and cons.
- Air quality of indoor pools.
- Construction issues.
- Innovative technologies in design and maintenance.
- Regulations.
- Use of alternative water sources and the impact on regulations.
- Accidents and safety.
- Risk assessment and management in swimming pools and similar environments.
- Sustainability and environmental considerations, considering a One Health perspective.
- Swimmers' behaviour.
- Ethical issues.
- The use of pools related to tourism.
- Thermal waters.
- Natural pools.
- Pool management in emergency situations, focused or diffused, e.g., COVID pandemic.
- Artificial intelligence and swimming pools—"Next generation" swimming pools.
Dr. Athena Mavridou
Dr. Georgia Mandilara
Prof. Dr. Vincenzo Romano Spica
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- swimming pools
- hygiene safety
- water microbiology
- water chemistry
- disinfection
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