Swimmers are back at Barton Springs Pool on Thursday after a safety hazard was fixed.The reopening is getting a lot of fanfare because of how long Barton Spring
Swimmers are back at Barton Springs Pool on Thursday after a safety hazard was fixed. The reopening is getting a lot of fanfare because of how long Barton Springs Pool was closed. No one can remember the jewel of the city being shut down for three weeks.
The chance to jump back in 68-degree water on a 95-degree day was too enticing for some Barton Springs fans to miss.“I took the day off and had to come in, for sure. Barton Springs is back open and you’ve got to be here,” said swimmer Raphael Jaras.“I like the cool water in the summertime, and I like the diving board,” said Hayes.
“The pipe runs all the way up to the dam and all the way down to that dam and beyond,” said Aaron Levine, City of Austin Aquatics Program Manager.“It just created this incredible suction,” said Levine. “They drilled a hole in the spillway, and they pumped concrete up the pipe as far as they could go,” said Levine.“With it being a 1940’s pipe is this something you think we’re going to see over and over again,” asked reporter Bettie Cross.But by filling part of the pipe with concrete, the city doesn’t think future holes will create the same safety hazards.
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