Category: Swimming Pools
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Michael Phelps helps debut ‘crystal lagoon’ in Humble
No need for people in this Humble community to plan a weeklong beach trip. White sand, palm trees, and crystal clear water are just down the street. The man-made feature holds 5 million gallons of water, “This is the first crystal lagoon in Texas,” Said Uri Man, a consultant for the project. It took about…
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How a Hollywood star in a swimming pool helped save Mackinac Island’s Grand Hotel
“It saved the hotel from World War II,†Bob Tagatz said of the Williams’ movie. During those lean war years, the Grand Hotel faced the same dismal predicament shared by many resorts: A long-term lack of paying guests. The war years saw the hotel’s business drop 90 percent. Perhaps the darkest day came when 400…
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After 55 years, Fairfax Swim Club to close
For decades, the Fairfax Swim Club has been an important part of Fairfax. But unless it can raise a lot of money, it will be gone in September.
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Edmonton swimming pool without salt or chlorine draws lineups
A new naturally filtered swimming pool in Edmonton is bringing in long lines of swimmers. The pool uses plants, zooplankton and granite instead of chlorine or salt to filter its emerald-green water.
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2 Million Dollar Doomsday Bunker Rocks a Swimming Pool
In the middle of rural Kansas, armed security patrol the entrance to a doomsday bunker that’s reserved for the wealthy elite and sales are booming. Inside Edition headed deep below the surface of the Earth and into an underground bunker like no other. Larry Hall, the owner of the Survival Condo Project says, “Since the…
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Take a Dip in Budapest’s Ancient Thermal Spas
For thousands of years, the people of Hungary have soaked in the rich, thermal waters that lie below the country’s surface. From Roman emperors to Turkish kings, Budapest’s baths have been attracting the bright and the bold to the city since the 2nd century. Today, bathhouses continue to dominate the capital city, home to some…
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Emmanuel Macron in hot water over French presidential swimming pool on the Riviera
French President Emmanuel Macron has landed in some hot water over plans to build a new swimming pool at his private presidential retreat. The planned pool at Fort Brégançon, on France’s south-east coast, is designed to provide privacy for the president’s family, and particularly children. Past presidents have been photographed at the retreat’s “private” beach…
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CDC issues warning on hotel swimming pools
Planning on going swimming while on vacation this summer? The CDC said on Thursday that an estimated 27,000 people were sickened, and eight died, from swimming-related disease from 2000 to 2014 in hotel pools and hot tubs.