Hidalgo County imposes no safety code on private residential pools in unincorporated areas. Public pools and spas must meet Texas Health & Safety Code Chapter 341 sanitation, chlorination, and anti-entrapment drain standards enforced by county Environmental Health.
Residential pool safety features (alarms, drain covers, GFCI, self-latching gates) are not mandated by Hidalgo County because Texas counties cannot building-code one- and two-family homes; those rules apply only inside cities adopting the International Swimming Pool & Spa Code. Public swimming pools and spas are governed by Texas Health & Safety Code §341.064, which requires the operator to keep the pool sanitary, maintain minimum free chlorine (2.0 ppm in a public spa, 1.0 ppm in other pools), keep water from showing an acid reaction, and reduce drowning or injury risk to a practical minimum. DSHS rules in 25 TAC Chapter 265 add federally-mandated Virginia Graeme Baker anti-entrapment drain covers. County Environmental Health inspects public pools.
No county safety penalty applies to a residential pool. A public pool failing sanitation, chlorination, or anti-entrapment standards may be ordered closed and enforced under Texas Health & Safety Code Chapter 341, including civil and, for knowing violations, criminal penalties.
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