Category: Swimming Pools
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Italian Hotel Has the World’s Deepest Swimming Pool
Hotel Terme Millepini, a 100-room four-star hotel in Padua, Italy, is recognized for having the world’s deepest swimming pool, the Y-40, which put it in the Guinness World Records. The swimming pool is built over thermal sources bringing after cooling down a water at 32-34 degrees Celsius. Y-40, with its depth of 42mt, is officially…
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CenturyLink Center Omaha preparing for the U.S. Olympic Swim Trials
The Century Link is preparing for the Swim Trial this summer.
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How to Recognize a Dirty and Dangerous Swimming Pool
Ready to dive into swimming pool season? Well, you may want to consider the recent Center For Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) study that found 80% of public swimming pools had health and safety violations. The study covered 2013 inspection data from Arizona, California, Florida, New York and Texas, including 84,187 routine inspections of 48,632 public…
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United We Will Swim … Again
United We Will Swim… Again tells the incredible story of a community’s fight to save their swimming pool. It’s one of Glasgow’s famous political stories and is brought to life in this inspiring documentary, with original footage from the protest and interviews with the key activists involved. The film aims to inspire and motivate community…
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Man’s DIY Natural Swimming Pool Makes Waves Across The Globe
Filmmaker David Pagan Butler, created his own eco-friendly pool in his back garden and is now teaching others to do the same. Mr Butler created a step-by-step self-build video which has been viewed more than five million times on YouTube. The father-of-four said: “I’ve always been interested in swimming in wild water, free from chemicals, because afterwards you feel…
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Infographic: 10 signs your pool needs repairing
Courtesy of London Swimming Pool Company Featured photo by Julien Haler
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One is never enough! House has floating swimming pool so you can swim above your OTHER pool
This video takes a look behind the front door of this amazing house where its two pools are the stand out feature. The Wall House features an indoor pool on the ground floor with the other suspended on the first floor with a glass bottom, so you can see those swimming outdoors above you. Designed…
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Rio 2016 Aquatics Stadium unveiled by Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff
This year’s Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro will be marked by “peace” and “tolerance towards others”, Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff said on Friday. Rousseff made the comments during the official opening of the 15,000-seat Olympic aquatic center. The center will host swimming and water polo during the August games. See CCTV and Rio 2016
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Wichita to close half of pools by 2023, replace 4 with water playgrounds
After being allotted $18 million for improvements, the City of Wichita’s Parks and Recreation Department has outlined a 7-year plan for its aquatics facilities. The city currently owns ten aquatics parks, including a swimming pool at Edgemoor Park that has been closed due to maintenance issues since 2012. In a plan that was presented to…