After watching my new state of the art fitness center being built for over a year....closest pool otherwise is 50 minutes a way.....big day arrives....14 days pool is open 12 of them I am in it....get there Sat morning....84 degrees!! Said the theraphy pool at 88 is tool warm for water aerobics...but 80 too cold (what the lap pool was...which is still too warm for me) so they compromised with 83 or 84 degrees....I say "some compromise" more like cave in....exact words from pool person..."I swim laps all the time, and 83 feels good to me".......:(
Yikes! These are horrid stories! Last summer, in preparation for worlds, YMCA nats took over UMD (as they always do), and we were forced outdoors. If y'all recall, it was hot and droughty last July. Every pool I could find was at least 92°, even the LCM one. Thankfully, it was only a week, and taper yardage isn't high.
I don't know of any pools around here with pool coolers - if they've got climate control, they're either heated or an indoor pool. Then we get out to Stanford and the water is ~78. How refreshing!
Seriously though, I think if complaints are made loud enough and frequently enough, by the time teams start filing in the doors of your new facility next fall and competitions occur regularly, I see the temp coming down and the water buffalo will have to issue themselves a DWI (Deal With It). If you build a facility like that and it is meant to attract the big meets, teams, etc., the lap pool needs to be temparature-catered to the lap swimmers.
Have the facility do a cost analysis... How much money do they project water aerobics to bring in vs {lap swimming/Swim Teams/Meets} ? Start at a base 80°. For every % of that total the aerobics is projected to bring in, raise the temp by that %. IE: 800k total; 100k for aerobics (12%) - raise by 1 degree.
Bottom line is that most folks go to an aquatic facility to cool off. If you want a bath, fill up your tub.
Yikes! These are horrid stories! Last summer, in preparation for worlds, YMCA nats took over UMD (as they always do), and we were forced outdoors. If y'all recall, it was hot and droughty last July. Every pool I could find was at least 92°, even the LCM one. Thankfully, it was only a week, and taper yardage isn't high.
I don't know of any pools around here with pool coolers - if they've got climate control, they're either heated or an indoor pool. Then we get out to Stanford and the water is ~78. How refreshing!
Seriously though, I think if complaints are made loud enough and frequently enough, by the time teams start filing in the doors of your new facility next fall and competitions occur regularly, I see the temp coming down and the water buffalo will have to issue themselves a DWI (Deal With It). If you build a facility like that and it is meant to attract the big meets, teams, etc., the lap pool needs to be temparature-catered to the lap swimmers.
Have the facility do a cost analysis... How much money do they project water aerobics to bring in vs {lap swimming/Swim Teams/Meets} ? Start at a base 80°. For every % of that total the aerobics is projected to bring in, raise the temp by that %. IE: 800k total; 100k for aerobics (12%) - raise by 1 degree.
Bottom line is that most folks go to an aquatic facility to cool off. If you want a bath, fill up your tub.
