Waterside Splash

In a April 30, 2012 post on Hydrologic titled “Illinois Swimming Facility Legislation in Final Stages of Passage” we discussed significant changes in the...

The cost of war is high.  As of April 2012, approximately 633,000 veterans -- one out of every four of the 2.3 million who...

As a follow up to our previous post regarding the expected results of the 2012 Olympic swim competition, this post will present 1) the...

All fifty states adopt the International Building Code (IBC) as their model code. IBC is published by the International Codes Council. Most states also...

Nine university students have been awarded a total of $17,000 in Scholarships and Fellowships by the National Swimming Pool Foundation® (NSPF®) Board of Directors...

Note to Reader: Dad has written a memoir he has shared with the family. This document is around 500 pages and covers most of...

Federation Internationale de Natation (FINA), based in Lausanne, Switzerland is the sole worldwide sports organization governing swimming, diving, synchronized swimming, water polo open water...

Many people use different definitions for the term “Shotcrete”. To clarify, the International Building Code (IBC), Section 1910 clearly defines “Shotcrete” as “…a mortar...

Change is  hard. Fear makes change even harder. A study performed by Gallup (n=815) and  presented at the 2008 World Aquatic Health™ Conference by...

Swimmers not only compete against each other but against drag force. Fluid dynamics is the science of dealing with the pressure of fluid flow....