Water Safety Resource Library

Water Safety Resources

Colorado Aquatics Foundation translates authoritative drowning-prevention guidance into practical education for Colorado families and communities. The library is organized into four collections: Understand the Risk, Build the Layers, Water Safety in Colorado, and Build Water-Safer Communities.

Understand the Risk

Foundational information about drowning prevention, water competency, risk, and evidence-based prevention.

What Is Water Competency? Why Swimming Ability Is Only Part of Water Safety

Swimming lessons matter, but water competency also includes hazard knowledge, risk assessment, life-jacket use, and knowing how to respond in an emergency.

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Water Safety in Colorado

Colorado-specific information about pools, reservoirs, lakes, rivers, cold water, boating, paddling, weather, and other relevant aquatic environments.

Water Safety in Colorado

Universal water-safety principles, applied to the aquatic environments Coloradans commonly encounter: cold water, lakes, reservoirs, rivers, changing conditions, and life-jacket use.

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Build Water-Safer Communities

Resources about aquatic access, education, community partnerships, facilities, programming, and the infrastructure that allows communities to put water-safety knowledge into practice.

Why Access to Aquatic Facilities Is a Water-Safety Issue

Aquatic facilities create the conditions for swimming instruction, water-safety education, lifeguard training, and community programming.

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