Diarrhea and Swimming | Healthy Swimming | Healthy Water

Education and information about recreational water illnesses (RWI), including the basics of RWI's, why chlorine does not kill RWI germs, RWI prevention and health promotion materials, diarrheal illness, and germs commonly causing RWI (such as Cryptosporidium, Giardia, Shigella, norovirus and E. coli O157:H7). This page also includes information on recreational water illnesses for aquatics staff, public health professionals, pediatricians, and healthcare professionals.