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GUIDANCE FOR WATER PARKS AND TUBING
Occupancy percentage limitations expire. Water parks must continue to implement physical distancing and mask protocols.
The Arizona Department of Health Services (ADHS) released guidelines and phases for the eventual reopening of water park and tubing operations. The benchmarks ”minimal,” “moderate” and “substantial,” as defined by the CDC, are used to determine the level of COVID-19 community spread and indicate reopening phases. Metrics must be met for two consecutive weeks to move into a reopening phase.
ADHS will update a dashboard on Thursdays indicating the reopening benchmark and its metrics each county meets.
Substantial: remain closed
Moderate: operate at 50 percent occupancy, must implement ADHS mitigation requirements
Minimal: operate at 50 percent occupancy, continue to implement ADHS mitigation requirements until community cases are at less than 3 percent positivity
Businesses have the opportunity through the attestation process for review of individual circumstances in the event that they are denied the ability to reopen for public health reasons.
Governor Ducey extended the Executive Order pausing water park and tubing operations. The extension will be reviewed for repeal or revision every two weeks.
Effective 8 p.m. on June 29, 2020, waterparks and tubing operators must pause operations. Unless extended, the pause remains in effect until July 27, 2020, after which businesses seeking to resume operations must demonstrate compliance with public health guidance as determined by the Arizona Department of Health Services.