The British Association for Natural Swimming Pools (BANSP)

 

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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.