Arlington will reopen city pools and three splash pads Saturday after closing them due to a splash pad’s presumptive positive test for a deadly amoeba that was confirmed Friday to be negative for the organism.
that was confirmed Friday to be negative for the organism.
On Saturday, the city will open all pools and three of their four splash pads for the holiday weekend. Out of an abundance of caution, they said they would keep the splash pad at California Lane Park closed for additional disinfection and another round of hyperchlorination. Afterward, a follow-up test will be done to ensure no organic matter, harmful or not, is present in the park's ultra-chlorinated and UV-treated water supply.
"On Aug. 29, the EPA sent the city a 'critical notification' that a laboratory had observed active trophozoites in the Aug. 17 water sample. These trophozoites are part of the life cycle of some organisms, one of which could develop into Naegleria fowleri," the city said in a statement.
While awaiting the final test results, the city said they reviewed inspection records at the park and confirmed that water chlorination levels"were continuously within established ranges throughout the summer, as measured by the automated water chemistry controllers." Additionally, the city said,"chlorination levels at the splash pad have averaged 3.
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