Community Pool

The bright colors of bathing suits swim past your eyes in a blur of summertime excess as children and parents alike splash through the cool community waters. You put on your goggles and dive into an underwater world where sound seems to move strangely slow, and the world feels as if time itself is almost on pause. The depth of a swimming pool depends on the purpose of the pool, and whether it is open to the public or strictly for private use. If it is a private casual, relaxing pool, it may go from 1.0 to 2.0 m (3.3 to 6.6 ft) deep. If it is a public pool designed for diving, it may slope from 3.0 to 5.5 m (9.8 to 18.0 ft) in the deep end. A children's play pool may be from 0.3 to 1.2 m (1.0 to 4 ft) deep. Most public pools have differing depths to accommodate different swimmer requirements. In many jurisdictions, it is a requirement to show the water depth with clearly marked depths affixed to the pool walls. The Fleishhacker Pool in San Francisco, California was the largest swimming pool in the United States. Opened on 23 April 1925, it measured 1,000 by 150 ft (300 by 50 m) and was so large that the lifeguards required kayaks for patrol. It was closed in 1971 due to low patronage. In Europe, the largest swimming pool opened on 6 August 1965 in Fürstenfeld (Austria), providing a water area of 23000 m2. According to the Guinness World Records, the largest swimming pool in the world is San Alfonso del Mar Seawater pool in Algarrobo, Chile. It is 1,013 m (3,323 ft) long and has an area of 8 ha (20 acres). At its deepest, it is 35 m (115 ft) deep.[10] It was completed in December 2006. This sound uses the following file from Freesound: http://www.freesound.org/samplesViewSingle.php?id=127024