Safety First

摘要

Last October, I had the pleasure of attending the American Society of Landscape Architects' convention in Philadelphia. While there, I spent much of my time sitting in the WaterShapes booth in the exhibit hall and found myself fielding a surprising number of questions from landscape architects about aquatic safety- and particularly on the new federal regulations and standards having to do with entrapment prevention. At first, I thought it was strange that this was such a hot topic among landscape architects, who, as a rule, haven't been all that involved in the technical details of pools and spas. But before long, it occurred to me with some strength that more and more landscape architects are indeed becoming wa-tershapers-and, more important, that they recognize a need for developing knowledge and new skills in doing so. In other words, safety is obviously an important part of watershaping: As professionals new to the field, they recognize that they need to know all about it.