"Pity the fool who owns a pool"

This article reminds me of years ago when we moved to a country town and the only rental available had a pool. But it was not any pool. It was the pool shop joke.

The staff at the local pool shop laughed when they found out it was now our pool. Then they helped us out and sold us chemicals...
so many chemicals...
more and more chemicals.

But no amount of chemicals or combination thereof would stop the mould and the frogs breeding in our pool. We might have it under control and swimable for a weekend, but it would always revert back to form, and I would be down at the pool shop yet again, at the pool edge pouring even more chemicals in, again.

Never again! I love public pools!

#BackyardPools #PublicPools #swimming

https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2025/nov/15/pity-the-fool-who-owns-a-pool-its-like-having-a-large-delicate-expensive-pet

🏊 It’s been a long time coming, but the Algonac City Pool revamp is nearly complete! At the July 1 council meeting, officials discussed plans for its long-awaited reopening.

📖 Get the full update: https://bluewaterhealthyliving.com/news/local-news/new-city-pool-getting-finishing-touches/

#Algonac #CommunityProjects #CityCouncil #PublicPools #LocalNews

Report highlights danger of splash pads for waterborne diseases

A study today in Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report that probed waterborne pathogen illnesses linked to splash pads in the United States since 1997 found that while chlorine is an important disinfecting agent, it does not eliminate Cryptosporidium, which is the most common cause of waterborne disease outbreaks associated with the playgrounds.

Years ago when I was in public health, this was a real problem, and not just due to humans. We learned that deer caused issues on splash pads at night...When the splash pad was activated the next day. Voila! Aerosolized deer poop...Not kidding.

Needless to say, you can figure out why I've avoided public pools too.

#splashpads #disease #publicpools #waterbornediseases

https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/cryptosporidium/report-highlights-danger-splash-pads-waterborne-diseases

A fascinating look at something many of us took for granted in our youths, but is now an endangered species: the public pool.

https://www.cnn.com/2023/07/22/business/public-pools-extreme-heat/index.html

#PublicPools #Race #Segregation #NewDeal #Privitization