I coach at a YMCA pool (built in 1956 and is a 20 yard pool) where the air temperature ranges around 92-95 degrees and the water temp is usually around 88 degrees. Also, there is poor ventilation because the ventilation system is not working properly. Lately I have come home after coaching with terrible headaches. I worry about our age-group swimmers too because they are working out in such warm temps. The maintenance dept and Y will not lower the temp and have not taken our complaints as a priority. Is this a dangerous situation or do I need to just grin and bear it. Please advise if anyone can help or tell me who we can alert. Thanks!
I don't think the pool needs to be new and shiny, but I draw the line at swimming in a pool with a water temp above about 85 F. You just can't get a good workout in in those conditions. Ideally I'd like the pool to be somewhere around 80, but I do realize pools are mixed-use facilities and not everyone wants it quite that cold.
I don't think the pool needs to be new and shiny, but I draw the line at swimming in a pool with a water temp above about 85 F. You just can't get a good workout in in those conditions. Ideally I'd like the pool to be somewhere around 80, but I do realize pools are mixed-use facilities and not everyone wants it quite that cold.
