Editing Splash pad (section)

==Safety==
Inadequately treated, recirculated spray pool systems present a health hazard.<ref name=cdcsplashpads/>  In certain jurisdictions, splash pads may not be subject to public swimming pool water quality requirements because they do not contain standing water.  People wearing regular clothing and street shoes, pets and young children may introduce pathogens into the spray pool when they cool off in it.<ref name=hlavsa2011/>  

Outbreaks of [[cryptosporidiosis]] associated with water parks have occurred in Florida in 1999,<ref>{{cite journal|url=https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm4925a3.htm|title=Outbreak of Gastroenteritis Associated With an Interactive Water Fountain at a Beachside Park --- Florida, 1999|journal=MMWR|date=30 June 2000|volume=49|issue=25|pages=565–568|access-date=15 September 2023|publisher=CDC|vauthors=Minshew P, Ward K, Mulla Z, Hammond R, Johnson D, Herber S, Hopkins R|pmid=10921495 }}</ref> in New York in 2005<ref name="cdcsplashpads" /> and in Idaho in 2007.<ref>{{cite journal|vauthors=Ezell H, Irons D, Isenberg F, Tramontin B, Huffe E, Greenwalt C, Hahn C, Mundt S, Radwin S, Shanahan T, Turner K, Vlcek K, Zager E, Lee D, Bailey S, Dodo G, Harris S, Parker J, Beach M, Hlavsa M, Yoder J, Xiao L, Bisgard K|display-authors=6|title=Outbreak of Cryptosporidiosis Associated with a Splash Park --- Idaho, 2007|journal=MMWR|date=12 June 2009|volume=58|issue=22|pages=615–618|pmid=19521333|url=https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm5822a2.htm|access-date=15 September 2023}}</ref>  

Since 2021 there have been 3 child deaths from [[primary amoebic meningoencephalitis]] (PAM) caused by the amoeba ''[[Naegleria fowleri]]'' contracted from exposure to inadequately disinfected water in splash pads, two in Texas and one in Arkansas.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Eger |first=Lynne |last2=Pence |first2=Morgan A. |date=2023-07-20 |title=The Brief Case: A Case of Primary Amebic Meningoencephalitis (PAM) after Exposure at a Splash Pad |url=https://journals.asm.org/doi/full/10.1128/jcm.01269-22?rfr_dat=cr_pub++0pubmed&url_ver=Z39.88-2003&rfr_id=ori:rid:crossref.org |journal=Journal of Clinical Microbiology |volume=61 |issue=7 |pages=e01269–22 |doi=10.1128/jcm.01269-22|pmc=10358179 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |last=Dulski |first=Theresa M. |date=2025 |title=Fatal Case of Splash Pad–Associated Naegleria fowleri Meningoencephalitis — Pulaski County, Arkansas, September 2023 |url=https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/74/wr/mm7410a2.htm?s_cid=mm7410a2_w |journal=MMWR. Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report |language=en-us |volume=74 |doi=10.15585/mmwr.mm7410a2 |issn=0149-2195|pmc=11949314 }}</ref>