Waterside Splash

Water basketball can occasionally become an afterthought during the commercial swimming pool design process due to its relatively low startup and maintenance costs. Furthermore,...

In recent years, we have seen too many accidental drownings aboard cruise ships. For decades, cruise ships have adopted a ‘swim-at-your-own-risk’ policy as an...

USA Swimming’s Facilities Development Department recommends all “new models” for aquatic facilities have at least two pools with one having water temperature 80 to...

As a full-service aquatic consulting firm, we strive to design facilities that meet the needs of all user groups. While many aquatic sport facilities...

Facility members and special events are two aspects of aquatic centers that are sometimes at odds with each other. Special events can bring in...

As the president of the North Texas Aquatics Association, I recently surveyed our membership of aquatics’ professionals in the Dallas/Fort Worth area, as well...

“If I had only one day left to live I would spend it at a swim meet because they last forever.” I’ve seen this...

You can read about the science behind a good pool but what else goes into a facility to really make it great? It is...

Every time a new pool is built or there is a high profile event, someone always seems to ask, what makes a fast pool?...

Between 2005 and 2007 the Facilities Development Department at USA Swimming began noticing a trend in pool closings. In 2007 we started tracking the...