A year after many public pools across the country shuttered due to the pandemic, some of them are being forced to close again thanks to the ongoing shortage of chlorine
, which has nearly doubled in some places.
“For the past 20 years, a typical 50-pound bucket of chlorine would run anywhere from $75 to $85,” a Las Vegas pool operator. “Within the last year, it’s increased to $140, with the proposed price of $158 in the near future.” Although public swimming pools do charge fees for use, municipalities typically spend more on maintaining the pools than they make on those fees because they’re considered a public service. With those costs increasing even more, its caused problems in many places.
The shortage started last August, when a fire sparked by Hurricane Laura destroyed the Louisiana chemical plant that makes most of the country’s chlorine tablets. The pandemic-fueled increase in backyard pools has exacerbated the situation by spiking demand. Some cities delayed planned openings. The highly anticipated Fourth of July weekend reopening of Stonecrest, Georgia’s aquatics center was delayed several weeks because
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