DEL Ozone Announces its Premier Sponsorship of Aquatics International Virtual Conference

Online, September 27, 2010 (Newswire.com) - DEL Ozone, an innovative industry-leading technology company that brings the natural sanitizing power of ozone to market in applications for residential, commercial, and industrial customers, announces its sponsorship of the Aquatics International Virtual Conference, which takes place in November 2010.

The Conference features a series of seven on-demand sessions around the theme, "Cracking the Code: How the CDC's coming Model Aquatic Health Code (MAHC) will affect aquatics professionals - and their facilities." Sessions will be hosted by aquatic design and architectural experts, as well as researchers and industry veterans from a cross section of aquatic disciplines who will share their insights into MAHC and the potential impact on the industry.

DEL Ozone's premier sponsorship will bring heightened awareness of the company's secondary disinfection solution for commercial aquatics, including swimming pools, hot tubs, water features, and water parks.

The Model Aquatic Health Code, which is sponsored by the Centers for Disease Control, is intended to serve as a model and guide for local and state agencies to update or implement standards governing the design, construction, operation, and maintenance of swimming pools and other treated recreational water venues. The overarching objective of the Code is to minimize recreational water illnesses spread through swimming venues.

The MAHC will spark awareness of the importance of secondary disinfection for commercial aquatics venues to combat the inherent weaknesses of chlorine-only sanitation. Ozone is one of just two technologies recommended in the MAHC guidelines for secondary disinfection (the other is UV) to enhance public health and safety in all aquatic venues.

While the MAHC is a voluntary code meant to offer guidance to aquatics facilities, health departments are encouraged to follow its recommendations in order to reduce potential liability resulting from the MAHC's existence.

A recent study that linked chlorine to increased cancer risk and respiratory problems draws even more importance to the need for secondary disinfection. Ozone is a highly effective antimicrobial oxidizer that is more powerful than chlorine, yet is completely natural and leaves behind no harmful byproducts. When combined with a low dose of chlorine, ozone brings dramatic improvements to water quality and clarity, while reducing the harmful side effects of chlorine.

Properly sized and installed ozone systems provide a 99.9% (3 log) kill of Cryptosporidium parvum (the most difficult to kill human pathogen found in aquatic venues) in a side-stream applied single pass.

DEL Ozone is the leading authority and supplier of state-of-the-art ozone systems for all types of public aquatic venues. DEL's comprehensive advanced Secondary Disinfection Systems support safe and healthy water for all aquatic venues, according to emerging Model Aquatic Health Code (MAHC) guidelines. The company offers an ozone aquatics program that includes system design, ozone equipment, finance, field service, and customer service from initial concept through ongoing operational support.

DEL Ozone serves as the ozone technology expert member of the Disinfection and Water Quality Technical Committee of the MAHC and is well-suited to provide aquatics facilities with ozone expertise and solutions that are fully compliant with the new MAHC guidelines.

To learn more about secondary disinfection with ozone visit www.DELOzoneAquatics.com.

For details on the Aquatics International Virtual Conference, visit www.aquaticsvirtualconf.com.