Kinsmen Pool closure only temporary

Jul 30, 2026 | 5:01 PM

No, there isn’t a problem with the Kinsmen Pool.

Not once but twice this week, the pool has had to shut down temporarily because the water has gotten too murky to see the bottom of the deep end. For safety reasons, if lifeguards can’t see the bottom of the pool, they have to shut it down.

According to the City’s Sport and Recreation Manager Curtis Olsen, it’s just a result of high usage of the pool.

“I don’t want to say it’s common, but what will tend to happen with all the heat we’ve had and how busy the water park gets. We try to do our best, but cotton on bathing suits is really hard on your chemical, so it just beats on the chemical and so the pool starts to get murky.”

Although cotton on swim shorts is a big issue, it’s not the only culprit in the pool’s temporary shut down. With so many people using the pool to beat the heat, it’s important to remember that showering and washing off any foreign chemicals, particularly sunscreen, before getting in the pool can stop closures like this in the future.

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“With the heat, the water park gets super busy, the amount of people that go through there, and just with the amount of sunscreen and cotton on bathing suits and that, it’s hard on your chemical.”

When the pool is shut down like this, it isn’t a long process to get it back up and running. All that takes is clearing out the people to let the pool’s filtration system do its job.

“It’s nothing mechanical. What we do is you’re essentially you’re backwashing that pool now as much as you can just to clear out all that sunscreen and all that stuff that gets in the pool with use. Usually it takes about a day or a bit to get it back where you need to.”

The Kinsmen Pool will be reopened ahead of the August Long Weekend.

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nick.nielsen@pattisonmedia.com

by Nick Nielsen

Kinsmen Pool closure only temporary

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