The World’s Most Incredible Pool
Try doing a length in the world’s largest swimming pool ever in the heart of Chile. It is more than just doing laps in the pool, it is 1,000 yards long and covers 20 acres. The deepest point is 115ft deep and holds 66 million gallons of water.
The swimming pool has been named as the biggest pool in the world by the Guinness Book of Records and has since attracted millions of tourists to come and enjoy the vast lake of super clean and crystal blue water. So, you want to build your own swimming pool? Well, this pool took over five years to build and cost nearly £1billion and to top it off the annual maintenance will cost roughly £2million. OK So, you may not be able to make one yourself but you can always go over to Chile and visit this incredible example of economical engineering. The swimming pool itself does not use usual pool chemicals or any sort of swimming pool heater. The makers of this swimming pool have developed a unique way to keep the swimming pool clean by recycling sea water with a complicated process of filters and cleansing. So, no they do not just chuck 100,000 gallons of chlorine into it to keep it clean! Because of the great weather in that part of the world they dont ever have to worry about a winter pool cover or anything like that which is a great bonus.
The swimming pool is saltwater but it is no way as cloudy or dirty as the sea. The monster pool uses a computer-controlled suction and filtration system to keep fresh seawater in permanent circulation, drawing it in from the ocean at one end and pumping it out the other. The key to making this work every time is to have continuous access to sea water which is the case. As long as they have constant access they can make the pool work all day every year.