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"A swimming pool, swimming bath, or wading pool is an artificially enclosed body of water intended for swimming or water-based recreation. It can be constructed either above or in the ground and may be built from various materials, including metal, plastic, and concrete. Types of Pools Ocean Pools In the early part of the 20th century, especially in Australia, ocean pools were constructed typically on headlands by enclosing part of the rock shelf, with water circulated through the pools by flooding from tidal tanks or by regular flooding over the side of the pools at high tide. Private Pools A small inflatable "splasher" pool Privately owned outdoor swimming pools in backyards or gardens started to proliferate in the 1950s in regions with warm summer climates, particularly in the United States. Today, in some U.S. locations, home pools are so common that it is rare to find a new house being built without a swimming pool being considered in the design.

Public Pools

Fun with inner tubes in a swimming pool.Public pools are often found as part of a larger leisure centre or recreational complex. These centres often have more than one pool, e.g. an indoor heated pool, an outdoor saltwater or unheated chlorinated pool, a shallower children's pool, and a paddling pool for toddlers and infants.

Competition Pools

The starting block of a competition swimming pool.FINA sets widely recognized standards for competition pools, which must be 25 m (~82 feet) or 50 m (~164 feet) long and at least 1.35 m (~4.4 feet) deep. Competition pools are generally indoors and heated to enable their use all year round, and to more easily comply with the regulations regarding temperature, lighting, and Automatic Officiating Equipment and other swimming pool equipment.

An Olympic sized swimming pool is a pool that meets FINA's additional standards for the Olympic Games and for world championship events. It must be 50 m (~164 feet) in length by 25 m (~82 feet) wide, divided into eight lanes of 2.5 m (~8.2 feet) each plus two areas of 2.5 m (~8.2 feet) at each side of the pool. The water must be kept at 25 - 28°C (77-82.4°F) and the lighting level at greater than 1500 lux. Depth must be at least 2 m (~6.5 feet), and there are also regulations for color of lane rope, positioning of backstroke flags, and so on. Pools claimed to be "Olympic pools" do not always meet these regulations, as FINA cannot police use of the term.

Exercise Pools

In the last two decades, a new style of pool has gained popularity. These consist of a small vessel (usually about 2.5 m x 5 m) in which the swimmer swims in place, either against the push of an artificially generated water current or against the pull of restraining devices. These pools go under several names, such as swim spas, swimming machines, or swim systems. They are all examples of different modes of resistance swimming.

Hot tubs and spa Pools

In the swimming pool area and/or in the sauna area of a Health Club or Fitness Centre, there may be one or more hot tubs or spa pools. Air bubbles may be introduced into the nozzels via an air-bleed venturi system that combines cooler air with the incoming heated water to cool the pool down if temperatures rise uncomfortably high.

Infinity Pools

An infinity pool (also named negative edge or vanishing edge pool) is a swimming pool which produces a visual effect of water extending to the horizon, vanishing, or extending to "infinity".
This information found: Wikipedia Encylopedia

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