Category: Swimming Pools
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There’s now a surreal 200-ft high, glass-bottom pool in downtown Vancouver
The nearly-completed, 30-story ARC Vancouver tower, developed by Concord Pacific, features a glass-bottom pool on the 20th floor — the bottom of the arching portion of the structure — that allows swimmers to look 200 ft down onto the public plaza below. See DailyHive and Concord Pacific
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Huge aquatic center in Sacramento finally gets funding. Here’s when construction will start
North Natomas is getting its aquatics center. The Sacramento City Council on Tuesday voted to approve $14.4 million in funding for the long-awaited North Natomas Community Center and Aquatic Complex. Sacramento-based Otto Construction plans to break ground on the complex within the next 30 days, said Councilwoman Angelique Ashby, who represents North Natomas and has…
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Louisville could still get a new aquatic center — and talks about it will renew next month
Louisville launched a study nine months ago to examine the potential of adding a new indoor aquatic center. Officials said the city had “maxed out capacity” with existing options and wanted to look into luring regional and national meets. But an entirely different conversation has played out in the months since — dominated by an ill-fated tax hike proposal to…
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The Eternal Lie of the Pools That Turn Blue If You Pee in Them
Everyone knows about urine-indicator dye, despite the fact that it has 100 percent never existed If you pee in the pool, it’ll go blue! There’s a special dye in there, designed to detect urine, and it’ll billow around you in a big, embarrassing, pissy cloud, and everyone will know you’ve done it, and you’ll be…
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Swimmer describes saving driver of car that crashed into pool at north Seattle LA Fitness
A Seattle man is being called a hero after he helped save a 69-year-old driver who crashed through the glass wall of an LA Fitness center — the car landing in the middle of the swimming pool. The bizarre incident happened just before 8 a.m. Monday at the LA Fitness near Aurora Avenue North and…
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BioOx Air Cleaning System Makes Pool Air Crisp and Clean in Maryland
The BioOx air cleaning system has been revolutionizing the air quality at indoor swimming pools across the country for close to two years. Using a patented biotechnology, freestanding BioOx units are able to attract the harmful particles that are so common in pool air and destroy them using 100 percent natural enzymes. It’s a simple…
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New Service Lets You Rent a Stranger’s Swimming Pool for an Afternoon
As Thrillist reports, Swimply is an Airbnb-like service that lets property owners rent out their empty pools by the hour to people desperate to take a dip in peace. Hourly rates are higher than what a day pass at your local public pool might cost you and most places have a one-hour minimum, but depending on what you’re looking for,…
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Swimming Pools Becoming More Popular On Cape Cod
Pool companies up and down Cape Cod have been busy all summer long with the increase in calls. WBZ-TV’s Mike LaCrosse reports.
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This Glass-Bottom Swimming Pool Would Hang Off A Cliff
How would you like to take a dip in a glass-bottom swimming pool that juts off the side of a cliff? https://youtu.be/cFMJGcrOmbo