Each year many young children drown in swimming pools, other bodies of water, and standing water around the home:

• Bathtubs, even with baby bathtub “supporting ring” devices
• Buckets and pails, especially 5-gallon buckets and diaper pails
• Ice chests with melted ice
• Toilets
• Hot tubs, spas, and whirlpools
• Irrigation ditches, post holes, and wells
• Fish ponds, fountains

Children must be watched by an adult at all times when in or near water. Children may drown in an inch or 2 of water. Stay within an arm’s length of your child.

Source: Healthy Children

Available at: http://www.healthychildren.org/English/safety-prevention/at-home/Pages/Home-Water-Hazards-for-Young-Children.aspx?nfstatus=401&nftoken=00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000&nfstatusdescription=ERROR%3A+No+local+token&nfstatus=401&nftoken=00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000&nfstatusdescription=ERROR%3a+No+local+token