The Pool Today
Deep Eddy Pool is popular with adult recreational swimmers for its lap swimming pool and with children for its large wading pool. The pool is fed with clear, cold water from a hand-dug 35-foot (11 m) well, and is not chlorinated. Water temperature varies between 65 to 75 °F. The lap swimming pool is generally open during daylight hours all year, though hours are shortened during winter months. The wading pool is open March through October. In summer months, the pool sponsors Splash Party Movie Nights, showing family films on an inflatable movie screen visible by swimmers and waders. The pool supports a number of sporting events, including the Deep Eddy Mile swimming competition. The pool area also contains the offices for the City of Austin Aquatics Department, and the pool is used to train incoming City of Austin lifeguards.
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