| The British Association for
Natural Swimming Pools (BANSP) is the trade association for
designers and builders of natural swimming pools and swimming ponds
in the British Isles.
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For more information on the BANSP
workshop to be held at Foxhills Hotel and Spa in Surrey on Monday
12th March, please email
info@bansp.org or call Tim Evans on 020 7226 2253.
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The British Association
for Natural Swimming Pools (BANSP) was founded on 8th June 2010 at
the Centre for Ecology and Hydrology in Wallingford, Oxfordshire.
It currently represents about 10
companies in the British Isles that deal primarily with the design
and construction of natural swimming pools and swimming ponds in the
UK and Ireland.
We held the inaugural conference of
the BANSP on 29th September 2010 (See News and
Events)
The BANSP is aligned with the International
Organization for Natural Bathing Water (IOB) which is the
international governing body of natural swimming pool and swimming
pond experts. The IOB is an umbrella organisation uniting
currently eight national swimming pond organisations in the UK,
Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Italy, Spain/Portugal, the Czech
Republic, and France.
The BANSP is also in discussions
about being part of the British Swimming Pool Federation
(BSPF),
an
umbrella organisation uniting UK bodies representing contractors, manufacturers, distributors and retailers of swimming pools, spas, hot tubs, saunas, steam rooms and associated equipment.
Objectives of the BANSP are:
- To raise awareness of and
confidence in natural swimming pools and swimming ponds among the UK
domestic, commercial, and public sectors.
- To create standards for natural
swimming pool designers and builders.
- To disseminate information on
natural swimming pools and ponds by producing information literature
and putting on events.
- To collect and share knowledge
and experience between UK members on UK-specific conditions, and
on general swimming pond issues between international members of the IOB.
- To provide resources or
independent arbitration if necessary.
For more information please email
info@bansp.org.
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