You might remember the sad story from a few weeks back of American surfer, Fab Stabile, dying from a rare brain eating amoeba* and the authorities were pursuing the possibility that he got at the Waco wave pool. The results are in and whilst the testing didn’t detect the Naegleria fowleri in the wave pool itself it was found on site. See the report here. So the current home page statement from the pool owners is a bit, err, confusing.

Managing large freshwater installations like this is tricky and hopefully, this terrible event will ensure all future pools can be run incident free. BSR are spending the winter installing state of the art filtration as detailed below.

From the BSR SURF RESORT website… WATER TESTS COME BACK CLEAN

Installation of State-of-the-Art Filtration System Already Underway;
BSR Determined to Go the Extra Mile, Set Highest Standards for Safety
First and foremost, on behalf of the entire staff at BSR Surf Resort, our hearts and prayers are with Fab Stabile’s family, friends, and the New Jersey surf community. A precious life has been lost, and we are deeply saddened for his loved ones.
For the past two weeks, increased awareness of this incredibly rare disease, Naegleria fowleri, has swept the globe. What will come of all this news coverage and commentary? At BSR Surf Park, we are determined it will help save lives.
Although comprehensive test results have now confirmed that the water at BSR Surf Resort meets every standard for safety, today I am announcing that we are going the extra mile and hiring a North Carolina firm to install a state-of-the-art filtration system to make our water in the surf, on lazy river, and at the Royal Flush slide is as clear and clean as humanly possible. It will take us to February to complete the installation of this new filtration system working very closely with local, state and CDC officials.
There are only a few of these man-made surf parks in the country today, but many more will be built. Our goal is to set the highest standard for these facilities. Going forward, BSR Surf Resort will have the cleanest water anywhere in the United States.
I built this water destination resort so people of all ages could learn to surf and wakeboard — and then go home safely to their families. We take pride in our park and the safety of every guest. And to be clear, it’s not just the guests that use the park. It’s also my family, our friends, and our employees that essentially live in our water. My two-year-old twins play on that beach, and — as kids do — they drink the water every time.
So you better believe my cousin, who tests and treats the water every day, is damn sure no one gets sick.
BSR wants to thank everyone that has supported us from the start and believed in what we are trying to do. We want to make people happy — and safe — and that’s what we are going to continue to do.
We will update you on our progress through social media and our webpage, and look forward to seeing everyone soon with clear, blue, clean water.
Thanks

*Naegleria fowleri, colloquially known as the “brain-eating amoeba”, is a species of the genus Naegleria, belonging to the phylum Percolozoa. It is a free-living, bacteria-eating amoeba that can be pathogenic, causing a fulminant brain infection called naegleriasis, also known as primary amoebic meningoencephalitis.