It’s that time of year…flowers blooming, leaves opening, weather warming…which can mean only one thing – swimming! The Ramble pool is now open and ready for you to come over and experience outdoor swimming once again. Boasting two full-length lap lanes and entry stairs that run the length of the pool, it is a perfect location for a workout or just to cool off!
The Ramble pool is a saline-based system that uses chlorine naturally found in salt. Utilizing a ‘chlorinator’ in the pump house, salt sticks are placed in a vessel in which the chlorine is pulled from the salt to provide sanitation via a simple process of electrolysis. When the water (and dissolved salt) is passed through the ‘cell’ portion of the equipment, chlorine gas is automatically produced (from the dissolved salt). This chlorine gas dissolves instantly into the water (so is never a hazard), and produces high levels of sanitizer/oxidizer which both prevent the formation of ‘chloramines’ and other ‘chlorine compounds’ and provides a safe and measurable residual of sanitizer in the main water body. The elimination of ‘chloramines’ and other ‘chlorine compounds’ means the elimination of all of the obnoxious side-effects commonly associated with the manual use of ‘pool chlorine’ and other associated chemicals such as algaecides and ‘shock’ treatments. This is the most natural pool system available and will not ‘burn’ your eyes, clothes, etc. as typical chlorinated pools.
The daily schedule for the pool is as follows:
5:00am-10am (seven days a week): Lap swim only
10am-dusk (seven days a week): Open swim
There will be dates and times in which the pool will be temporarily closed due to special events at the Living Well Center. We will also be hosting community-oriented programs at the pool this summer! Be sure to mark your calendars for the following:
Poolside Theater
Fridays, June 12th, July 10th, August 14th, 8pm-9:30pm
Living Well Center Pool, Ages 8-15 years
Lounge in the pool while watching a movie on the screen. All movies rated PG, except August 14th (teen night) will be PG-13.
Pool Olympics
Saturday, July 18th, 10am-12pm
Living Well Center Pool, All ages
Watch out Michael Phelps, here we come! But there is a twist as none of these fun events have made it into the Olympics...yet.
We’ll see you at the pool!
