Letters

Looking forward to that summer swim as soon as the weather heats up? You may have to rethink those plans after reading the latest research on swimming pools.

Researchers studying urine levels in pools have discovered just how high the levels are, and the results are not pretty, according to an article recently published.

Apparently a university has developed a test to measure the amount of urine and took more than 250 samples from 31 pools and hot tubs in two cities.

The results showed one 830,000-litre pool, which is about one-third of an Olympic-sized pool, had 75 litres of urine while another smaller pool had 30 litres.

Although urine itself is sterile, its presence in swimming pools is a public health concern because urine can mix with pool chemicals to harm swimmers’ health, according to the study.
Remind me to keep my mouth closed the next time I dive into the compound pool!
C. Parsons, by email.

I enjoyed reading the article on Richard Raab, the new general manager of the Four Seasons Hotel Bahrain Bay, featured on the cover of last week’s issue of GWeekly.
The main point was about his first impressions of the island and its people as a ‘newbie’, as your columnist Morag from Manama regularly highlights.

The next time the Bahrain tourism authorities look at ways to promote the kingdom they should use these comments on all the international advertisements – what a great way to sell the destination to potential visitors!

To quote Richard: “It’s very welcoming, very open with people helping you – the kids, the family – very caring, it’s a really nice place to come to without a doubt.”
Enough said!
Gemma Gibbings,
by email.

We would like to announce to the general public that the 15th full scale emergency exercise will be taking place at Bahrain International Airport (BIA) on Tuesday, March 14 at 1am.
BIA hosts a full-scale emergency drill every two years in accordance with the regulations issued by Bahrain Civil Aviation Affairs and global industry procedures enforced by the International Civil Aviation Organisation.

We urge the public not to be concerned about the situation and would like to assure them that all necessary steps will be taken by Bahrain Airport Company (BAC) and all the parties involved to ensure BIA’s operations, aircraft and passenger movement are not affected.

The purpose of this exercise is to assess the effectiveness and adequacy of the airport’s Emergency Plan. The real-life scenarios enable us to test the capabilities and readiness of BIA’s emergency and rescue services to cope with any potential crisis.

This bi-annual exercise is of great importance to BIA and helps us improve the safety processes and procedures in line with global aviation standards.
BAC, by email.