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Cause of water gardens deaths revealed.
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Pool & Spa News
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August 20, 2004
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- Robledo, Rebecca
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Insufficient operator training and maintenance likely led to the four drowning deaths at the Forth Worth Water Gardens in Texas, according to an engineering report by Houston firm Freese and Nichols Inc.
On June 16, a father, his two children and another child drowned in what's known as the Active Pool, a vessel surrounded by a high volume of falling water. One child slipped and fell in the water, and the other three died in rescue attempts.
The pool had been running deeper than the designer intended, according to the engineering firm's report. The waterfeature was only supposed to operate at 3 1/2 feet, but on that day, its depth was 8 1/2 feet. The operator of the ...
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Finnish Inventor Develops Bar Screen
US Fed News Service, Including US State News;
September 6, 2007 ;
268 words
......Pietarsaari, Finland, has developed a bar screen for draining liquid from chips in a pulp...S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A bar screen is primarily intended for use in draining...wood chips and pulp without blocking the bar screen. The area of use is especially a process...
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Cigna plays 'good bank/bad bank' with insureds.
National Underwriter Property & Casualty-Risk & Benefits Management;
October 23, 1995 ;
Levin, Alan Titterton, Charles Sharaf, Joyce;
787 words
......originally written by members of the active pool. * A $375 million capital contribution...the inactive pool's expenses by the active pool. * A strengthening of the statutory...obligation from the inactive pool by the active pool. The formation of the new pools was...
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Engineers say Texas pool suction stronger when Chicago tourists drowned
Chicago Defender;
July 28, 2004 ;
K, Angela;
664 words
......released Tuesday. The pumps for the Active Pool, which is not meant for swimming, had...She said the city should close the Active Pool. "I'm not trying to blame anybody, just...happen to anyone else's family." In the Active Pool, water flows down several long steps...
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Drowning victims honored as FW Water Gardens reopen.
Dallas Morning News (Dallas, TX);
March 5, 2007 ;
787 words
......above the Fort Worth Water Gardens' Active Pool. Hundreds of others maneuvered down...weeks after the 2004 drownings, but the Active Pool remained closed. The entire park was...barricades around the pools. The floor of the Active Pool was raised and a new pumping system...
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Safety improvements recommended for Water Gardens.
Dallas Morning News (Dallas, TX);
February 18, 2005 ;
787 words
......Thursday proposes raising the floor of the Active Pool, where the deaths occurred, and placing...equipment to keep the water level of the Active Pool at 1 1/2 feet. The pool had an estimated...as she walked around the side of the Active Pool, and Juanitrice fell in while trying...
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INFORMATION ISSUED BY U.S. ATTORNEY'S OFFICE FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF...
US Fed News Service, Including US State News;
August 23, 2007 ;
380 words
......notched metal teeth that rotate through the bar screen when energized. OSHA regulations require specific...working on the final stages of constructing a bar screen. Sorto climbed into the bar screen to clean the inside of the machine. While...
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Report details failings at Fort Worth, Texas, water park.
Dallas Morning News (Dallas, TX);
July 28, 2004 ;
285 words
......Inc. concluded that the water in the Active Pool should have been 3 1/2 feet deep, based...installation of railings around the Active Pool and lowering the water to 1 1/2 feet...will decide which changes to make. The Active Pool remains closed. The victims' families...
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City advised of danger 30 years before Water Gardens drownings.(Knight...
Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service;
July 15, 2004 ;
Lee, Mike Tinsley, Anna M.;
787 words
......numerous hazards _ particularly in the Active Pool, where the deaths occurred June 16...Millers Mutual insurance, described the Active Pool as the most hazardous of the gardens...recommendations for warning signs at the Active Pool, and suggested that the city place more...
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Ft. Worth's lawyer warned of fountain's danger 1974 letter told of risks...
Chicago Sun-Times;
July 16, 2004 ;
311 words
......report Thursday. Municipal officials, warning of hazards in the Active Pool where the tourists died on June 16, recommended that the city...park and refilling two of its three pools with water. But the Active Pool, where the three children and an adult drowned, remained closed...
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DUFF & PHELPS: CIGNA CORP'S DEBT RATINGS PLACED ON RATING WATCH -...
PR Newswire;
October 3, 1995 ;
524 words
......two sister intercompany pools -- one active pool writing new business and one inactive...level of 20 percent. In addition, the active pool would provide a $500 million stop loss...improved financial positioning of the active pool with a risk based capital ratio more...
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Drownings Site Had Been Called Dangerous
AP Online;
July 15, 2004 ;
387 words
......safety expert warning of numerous hazards, particularly in the Active Pool, where the victims drowned. They recommended that the city...signs warning that swimming and wading are not allowed. The Active Pool remains closed. Cleo Deadmon of Chicago, the grandmother of...
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WWTP uses screenings processing system to save landfill disposal costs.
Public Works;
October 1, 2002 ;
733 words
......the tapered exit chute. He said the unit is driven off the bar screen, with a vertical float tripping the switch as the level rises...loader, wheelbarrows, and the dumpster, we no longer need the bar screen at our pump station. All the screenings formerly removed there...
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Texas Water Garden Drew Concerns for Years
AP Online;
July 15, 2004 ;
387 words
......safety expert warning of numerous hazards, particularly in the Active Pool, where the victims drowned. They recommended that the city...signs warning that swimming and wading are not allowed. The Active Pool remains closed. Cleo Deadmon of Chicago, the grandmother of...
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Sarreid. (New products: summer shows).(advertising)
Home Accents Today;
July 1, 2003 ;
46 words
...Mahogany is featured in two new designs. The Bachio Bar Screen has a mahogany frame with ironwork and racks to hold wine glasses and bottles ($650). The Cornwall Settee has a leather-upholstered...
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Grinds Wastewater Screenings.(Brief Article)
Public Works;
October 1, 2000 ;
51 words
......compacting, and dewatering system. Equipped with its own Muffin Monster [R], the system grinds screenings that have been captured by a bar screen or other screenings device before compacting and dewatering the inorganic material for disposal.
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