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In the past pool tags have been printed and laminated at an average cost annually of $2,000 to the community. This cost includes the paper, printing and laminating as well as a mark-up in profit by the supplier. This year paper pool tags will be replaced with what is called an RFID card, RFID stands for “Radio Frequency I.D.” This new system costs only slightly more than a single years worth of paper pool tags. Most everyone has seen one of these types of cards in the work environment, but for those who have not, here is an image of what they look like physically.
About the size of a business card, these cards are not to be confused with cards that have a magnetic strip that can be damaged or erased like a credit card. Neither do the cards contain any personal data about you or your family, only a number. The cards have a life expectancy of 10 years or approximately 1,000,000 card swipes. This is where the cost savings to the community comes in, by eliminating the reprinting of paper laminated pool tags each year.
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