NEW YORK – New York will have a new floating pool filtered into the city’s waters.
It’s a pool that will be located at Pier 35, near Manhattan’s Lower East Side, said Mayor Eric Adams and state governor Kathy Hochul. The city is partnering with the State to co-fund a water filtration demonstration project at Pier 35 beginning in August to ensure this innovative model provides safe swimming for New Yorkers .
“New York City’s waterways are some of our most important assets. By exploring the possibility of +POOL, we’re not only building on our historic investments in public pools across the city, but we’re also expanding access to swimming for New Yorkers, to especially our children,” said Mayor Adams. “Whether investing more than $1 billion in capital to build and maintain public pools, opening more pools this summer, or increasing the number of lifeguards at our beaches and pools , our administration is giving New Yorkers additional ways to stay cool as climate change changes. making heat waves more common.”
“Through innovative solutions like +POOL, we’re giving kids and their families safe places to swim in New York City,” said Governor Hochul. “NY SWIMS is the largest state investment in swimming since the New Deal, and we’re increasing access to pools while helping our kids learn to stay safe in the water.”
What will be the process to install the floating pool
In January 2024, Mayor Adams and Governor Hochul announced that New York City and New York State would collaborate to launch +POOL, a state-of-the-art swimming facility that, after meeting with health and safety requirements, sailing in the surrounding waters. New York City. The city and state are jointly funding the first round of the +POOL demonstration project starting in August to provide the data needed to develop the city’s first water filtration floating pool.
The filtration demonstration project at Pier 35, which will begin in August, as well as a pool pilot for final testing in 2025, will help ensure that this innovative model provides safe swimming access for New Yorkers.
The tests will assess water quality and help evaluate additional requirements recently defined by the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene protocol for nontraditional recreational water projects and the New York State Department of Health framework. York York for new bathroom accessories.
2024-08-07 15:58:15
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