Swimming baths are an essential facility for learning to swim, engaging in club sports and enjoying leisure activities. Yet many indoor and open-air swimming pools in Germany are badly in need of renovation. Recent studies reveal a significant level of underinvestment, with closures threatened in the absence of modernisation work. Sanitary facilities are a particular challenge here, with building operators needing to meet tough hygiene and accessibility standards while ensuring protection against vandalism and addressing sustainability. With its durable, economical and hygienic fittings, plus the SWS Water Management System, SCHELL offers the perfect solution for an efficient and future-proof renovation project.
Key requirements for sanitary equipment in swimming baths
Renovation or new build? Factors to consider
As the sanitary facilities are some of the most heavily-used areas in swimming baths, the requirements for planning, fit-out and operation are especially demanding. Alongside hygiene and functionality, safety, sustainability and durability also play an important role here. Key requirements are presented below.
Clean and easy to maintain:Although heavily used, sanitary facilities must be easy to clean thoroughly, with hard-wearing materials making these tasks easier.
User hygiene: The sanitary equipment in swimming baths is used by hundreds of patrons on a daily basis. High standards of hygiene are therefore essential to reduce the risk of infection and ensure the safe use of these facilities.
Drinking water hygiene: Seasonal closures mean long periods of downtime – especially for open-air swimming pools. Yet there is a risk of Legionella spreading if the water in the piping is not exchanged regularly.
User safety: Swimming baths are very popular with children. Effective protection against burns and scalding must therefore be provided to avoid injuring these young patrons.
Protection against vandalism: Public baths see extremely heavy use. Damage caused by vandalism not only creates unnecessary costs but can also impact operational reliability.
Durability and sustainability: Sanitary solutions in swimming baths must offer reliable operation into the long term. The economical consumption of water and energy, which ensures permanent savings on operating costs, also plays a key role in sustainability.
Showers: The showers provided in swimming baths normally feature shower heads with an automatic water stop. This prevents situations where the water is left running accidentally – or just out of malice. Drinking water hygiene also needs to be properly addressed here. A lack of (frequent) use – such as during a seasonal closure of an open-air pool in winter – can cause the drinking water installation to become contaminated with Legionella. The bacteria can then be spread by the aerosols created during showering and potentially inhaled by patrons.
WC facilities: The WCs, urinals and operating panels provided in swimming baths need to be resistant to vandalism as well as hygienic.
Wash basins: Self-closing taps or sensor-controlled models are often installed on heavily used wash basins with the aim of reducing the unnecessary consumption of water. This not only saves resources but also improves safety and user hygiene.
Technical/utility rooms:Technical and utility rooms are often provided with a hand wash basin or water outlet equipped with a single tap or fitting – which needs to work reliably even when infrequently used.
Whether old facilities are being modernised or new sanitary facilities are planned, the goal is always to achieve a safe, hygienic and functional installation. Clear requirements apply here for both planning and operations.
The shower panels from SCHELL’s LINUS series are the perfect choice for a swimming bath fit-out. Thanks to their rugged housing, the panels are vandal-resistant and easily handle high levels of day-to-day use. The pivoting front cover makes these panels especially easy to maintain and repair. The panels are available with a single-lever mixer, self-closing cartridge or CVD touch electronics. Some models also include SCHELL’s innovative ThermoProtect technology and therefore offer reliable anti-scalding protection.
SCHELL also offers a hygienic and highly efficient solution for WCs and urinals in swimming baths. Hard-wearing stainless steel is used in the vandal-resistant design of the EDITION E WC control and the EDITION E urinal control, which makes them ideal for use in high-traffic areas. Thanks to their integrated infrared sensor, flushes are triggered automatically when the user leaves the WC or urinal, or their hand moves next to the sensor. Both the WC control and the urinal control can be networked with the SCHELL SWS Water Management System.
Contactless wash basin taps are the most hygienic solution for sanitary facilities in swimming baths, which are used by a large number of people on a day-to-day basis. Electronic, sensor-controlled wash basin faucets like the XERIS E², CELIS E² and PURIS E² from SCHELL feature fully contactless operation, which significantly reduces the risk of contact infections. The flow of water stops automatically once the user’s hands move out of detection range. Compared with regular, single-lever mixers, this feature can cut water consumption by up to 70% while significantly reducing the energy required for hot water heating.
Important: Electronic contactless fittings from SCHELL can perform stagnation flushes automatically. These fittings can also be networked with the SWS Water Management System, which offers centralised monitoring and control for a more comprehensive, user-friendly and efficient approach to water management.
The WALIS E wash basin tap from SCHELL is the perfect solution for installation on small utility sinks that tend to be used only occasionally for cleaning work. This tap is an ideal choice for the cold water and mixed water tapping points that are often found in rarely used basement or storage areas. The WALIS E needs no additional supply line or waste trap and therefore takes up very little space.
The use of a water management system is the best approach to maintaining drinking water quality in swimming baths. The SCHELL SWS Water Management System enables the automated, time- and/or temperature-controlled execution of regular stagnation flushes, and therefore provides effective tools for preventing the excessive proliferation of Legionella. Using SWS to handle flushes rather than carrying out this work by hand is significantly more efficient and resource-friendly: water consumption is optimised and no extra personnel are needed.
The SWS system supports hybrid wired/wireless networking for connecting to electronic SCHELL fittings, which makes it suitable for both new developments and retrofits. SWS can also be integrated into the swimming baths’ central building control system.
The SMART.SWS cloud add-on offers building operators and facility managers an especially practical solution, as all relevant operating data can be monitored remotely online. SMART.SWS can be used to adjust fitting parameters, manage stagnation flushes and plan predictive maintenance work – which helps ensure sustainable, hygienic and economical water management in the swimming baths.
Renovations to sanitary facilities in swimming baths require modern, durable and sustainable solutions. With its high-quality, vandal-resistant and water-saving fittings, plus the SWS Water Management System, SCHELL offers the perfect solution for ensuring sustainable, hygienic, economical and safe usage – while actively contributing to securing a bright future for swimming baths throughout Germany.
Project data
Property type: Water park with leisure pools, saunas and open-air pool
Requirements: Renovations
Completion: 2022
Location: Olpe
Country: Germany
SCHELL products: SCHELL SWS Water Management System, PURIS E electronic wash basin tap, PURIS SC self-closing wash basin tap, LINUS D-C-T shower panel, LINUS D-C-T concealed shower, COMFORT Flex shower head, MONTUS WC module, EDITION urinal operating panel, COMFORT angle valve with regulating function
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Project data
Property type: Sauna and spa park
Requirements: Renovation and modernisation
Completion: 2021
Location: Bad Homburg
Country: Germany
SCHELL products: SCHELL SWS Water Management System, PURIS E HD-M electronic wash basin tap, LINUS W-E-M concealed wash basin tap, LINUS DP-C-T shower panel, MONTUS C-N 120 WC module, MONTUS PLACE WC operating panel, MONTUS COMPACT II LC urinal module, EDITION E urinal control
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Project data
Property type: Sports centre and hydrotherapy pool area in a penal institution
Requirements: Renovation and modernisation
Completion: 2022
Location: Weiterstadt
Country: Germany
SCHELL products: SCHELL SWS Water Management System, MONTUS wash basin installation module, PURIS E HD-M electronic wash basin tap, PURIS E HD-K electronic wash basin tap, VITUS VW-C-T exposed wash basin tap, GRANDIS E electronic kitchen tap, LINUS Inox DP-C-T shower panel, LINUS Inox DP-C-T-D-H shower panel, MONTUS WC module, EDITION E WC control, EDITION E Manual WC control, MONTUS urinal module, EDITION E urinal control, MONTUS wall bracket set, MONTUS high load mounting module
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