During the first 50 of warm-up I spotted poop this morning. I confirmed it on the 2nd 50 and got out to tell the coach. Eventually they closed the pool, cleaned it out and threw in some chlorine directly in to the pool. But then they reopened about 30 min later. I was a bit shocked that they opened it so soon. The pool is a 50 meter x 25 yard pool so pretty big and they only threw in one 5 gal bucket of chlorine before letting us all back in. Does that sound right? If I remember my life guarding days right, poop means several hours of shutting down.
I was disappointed to have the workout suspended but I certainly didn't want to risk us getting sick, either.
This case is rather bad as it seems to have stayed in the pool overnight! I think they should drain the pool completely.
I think this is completely impractical. Drain a 50 meter pool? They might as well close the pool for the rest of the season. We're talking about half a million gallons of water here.
It will be partially drained (and closed for 2 weeks) in Sept. I'd rather not have that happen now! But closing it for longer than 30 min would have made me feel a bit more comfortable when I got back in.
Dynamo Chamblee
Nice pool. My first masters team was Dynamo.
Former Member
The rule of thumb is 24 hours from time of doody removal.
The pool needs to be *shocked* and then checked periodically for balanced chemical levels.
The fine for illegal dumping is a great idea. Going to suggest that one to the board.
How do you cordon off circulating water?
Good question! And I was wondering about the "throw a 5 gallon bucket of chlorine and wait 30 minutes" strategy, too. I can't imagine that would be enough time to dilute the chlorine sufficiently and there'd be a serious localized hot spot. The danger from the high chlorine level would probably be more than from the AFR!
Former Member
A friend, who at one time was the aquatics director for a well known Indiana based Catholic University,told me of a similiar occurance. But in this case, persons unknown entered the facility at night and left their "deposit" for all to find in the morning. When I exclaimed how gross that was, he then told me of the amount of "crap" in the pool, from persons not showering before entering. This "crack wash" can bring in far more fecal material each DAY then one of these deposits!! In his honor, each and every day I do a JS memorial crack wash (shower) before swimming.... I also remember it, when, at 7:45 the noodlers show up, all 25 of them, and I notice not a one has taken a shower. For a while I was most bothered by the smell of perfume that came floating on the top of the water immediately after they all jump in.....but not anymore.
Former Member
David, is she going to the new Gwinnett pool?
Dynamo Chamblee
I was in a town pool a few years ago when a man entered, caring for his very elderly father. We were in with our son when all of a sudden, I saw a LARGE floater. The poor older man had reached the point beyond which he should have been swimming there, and when I pointed it out, they had to close the pool for the rest of the day, shock it, and make sure everyone "evacuated" immediately.
I certainly wouldn't have wanted to get back in there after just half an hour!! I
Somehow this was not as bad, however, as the time I was at the YMCA and a man walking on deck had an seizure and fell in the pool. And while the lifeguard was jumping in to rescue him, people just kept swimming! Looked over, saw what was happening, and just kept going! My friend and I stopped all swimmers, and got everyone out of the pool while the lifeguard tended to this man. Needless to say, even after we determined he was okay, it just didn't seem right to get in and keep swimming. Our workout time was over, emotionally and otherwise.
