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Swimming pools
Public swimming pools, by the numbers
Sep 18, 2023
Public pools are more of a bellwether for racial and economic inequality than you might think. We break down the numbers.
Summer jobs are plentiful. Applicants are not.
May 31, 2022
Summer tourism industries continue to face a worker shortage and climbing wages. Teenagers, especially, are in demand.
Lifeguard shortages create opportunities for seniors
by
Joy Díaz
Jul 28, 2016
Plus, they're cool with leaving their cell phones behind at home.
A California drought loser: pool contractors
Jun 10, 2015
Water restrictions in some cities ban filling new pools with drinkable water.
Meet the man who invented the pool noodle
by
Kai Ryssdal
Jul 7, 2014
The hardest part of creating the pool noodle? Explaining what to do with it.
There's more to chlorine than just swimming pools
by
Kai Ryssdal
May 12, 2014
And actually, the "chlorine" in swimming pools isn't even chlorine.
Some parts of U.S. experiencing lifeguard shortage
by
Jeff Horwich
and Jeremy Hobson
Jun 29, 2012
From Tulsa to Minneapolis, cities are having a hard time finding enough people to work summer lifeguard jobs.
For public good, not for profit.
Report: 1 in 8 swimming pools closed for code violations
May 21, 2010
A new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says many public swimming pools are dirty. According to the report, one in eight...