Category: Swimming Pools
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This Is What All Backyard Swimming Pools Should Be Like!
See The San Francisco Globe What’s there not to love? Natural clean water, hand built, and so much cheaper than a traditional swimming pool.
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It’s Official: New Bergen Swim Facility To Be Named The ‘Alexander Dale Oen Arena’
See for instance simma.nu/no and bergen.no Bergen City Council today announced the official name of the new and impressive Olympic sized swimming & diving facility in Bergen, Norway, to be named the ‘Alexander Dale Oen Arena’, or ‘ADO Arena’ for short. It’s working title had until now been ‘Helleren‘, with growing support though for it…
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How a Giant Plus-Shaped Pool Could Make New York’s East River Safe For Swimmers
See FC As the heat of summer approaches, you might be seeking a refreshing dip in a local pool, pond, lake, or river, but jumping in to New York’s East River is probably not at the top of your list. However, designers Jeffrey Franklin, Archie Coates, and architect Dong-Ping Wong are working on a project called +Pool, a giant plus-shaped…
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Swimming pools: how do you know they’re safe?
See WNCT With warmer weather arriving, many people across the East will be heading to pools. But how do you know they’re safe to swim in. Keith Jernigan is with the Craven County Health Department. He says this time of the year is extremely busy as seasonal pools ask to be inspected so they can…
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Paris’ legendary Piscine Molitor reopens after 25 years of abandonment
Read  The Guardian Built almost a century ago, the art-deco Piscine Molitor in the 16th district of Paris is no ordinary swimming pool. It was here the first bikini was unveiled and the topless sunbathing revolution took off, and it is after this swimming pool that the main character in the 2001 novel Life of…
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Two 38-Story Skyscrapers Connected At The Top With A Pool Bridge
See Geekologie These is the almost 600 apartment Sky Habitat currently being built in Singapore. The 38-story towers will have three 50-meter bridges connecting the two. The top one of which will be a pool. It looks like the perfect place to get out of the pool and die. “I suspect the deceased was trying to cheat at…
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Swimming Pool Chemicals Send Thousands to ERs, CDC Says
Read NBC News Each year thousands of Americans are injured by the chemicals designed to keep swimming pools safe, a new government report finds. In 2012, 4,876 people landed in the emergency room after being injured by pool chemicals, researchers from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimate.
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Kanawha County Families Cautious About Swimming After Chemical Leak
See wowktv.com Many kids plan on diving into the summer by taking a swim in the pool. But this year, many parents are saying not so fast. “I just don’t feel it’s safe,†said Miranda Dunlap, whose 5-year-old son loves going to the pool. “I know they say it is safe to drink, but I…
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Nadadores will keep swimming in Mission Viejo
Read Orange County Register Nearly 40 years ago, Â set world records as he won two gold medals during the Olympic Games in Montreal. Monday night, Goodell came to Mission Viejo City Hall to defend the swim club that formed a mile away in his living room and helped earn him the top spot on that…