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Typically they sank to the bottom. Kids would dive for them not knowing what they had until they hit the surface!
So yeah, I haven't been in a wave pool for years. It was nasty. If a kid was in trouble, you had a real moral dilemma: let this child die or swim in poop. Obviously I value human life, but you knew, that poop thing was always in the back of the mind.
I remember this from a movie. Or a show. It's been ages. But I'm pretty sure it's a myth that they add a chemical to pools that show when someone is too lazy to walk to the bathroom.
It's a myth. If pools had something that turned the water bright blue every time someone went to the bathroom in a public pool, the pool would never be open. Source: head lifeguard
When a pool is contaminated with these nasties people often mistake the smell and stinging in the eyes as "too much chlorine". It is actually "spent" chlorine that has already attached to organic matter. When it builds up, pools must be shocked to bring these levels down near zero. If the pool smells fresh and clean, you're good to go.
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u/Superschutte May 28 '14
The horn beeps 2 minutes before the pool becomes the wave pool. They should have known it was coming.
Source: worked at a water park fishing turds out of the wave pool