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Outdoor pools in standby mode

2020-05-23T07:11:12.971Z


The days are getting warmer again, Whitsun holidays and summer are just around the corner. While most shops already have fixed dates for the reopening, there are no plans for the swimming pools in the district as to whether and when the bathing season can be started.


The days are getting warmer again, Whitsun holidays and summer are just around the corner. While most shops already have fixed dates for the reopening, there are no plans for the swimming pools in the district as to whether and when the bathing season can be started.

Landkreis - Christopher Ruthner, Managing Director of Stadtwerke Erding, shows great understanding of the current situation. “It is logical that swimming pools do not take precedence over other commercial establishments as leisure activities. The first thing to do is to start up step by step, ”he says.

In the meantime, the water rats can get into the cool water again, the staff takes care of the maintenance of the Erdinger outdoor pool with various maintenance and renovation work. For example, tiles are replaced, minor damage repaired and the pools cleaned.

Basins are serviced regularly

The situation is similar in the Dorfen municipal outdoor pool. "The pools are professionally maintained," reports Gudrun Gersbach, press spokeswoman for the city of Dorfen. “Regardless of the time of commissioning, this requires a certain lead time, which is always necessary. For example, in addition to taking in the water, hygienic checks have to be carried out. ”She adds that the staff are currently working in the outdoor pool, carrying out repair and maintenance work and taking care of the maintenance of the system. An opening in early June precludes Gersbach due to the lead times listed above.

Many inquiries in Taufkirchen

The Waldbad Taufkirchen also receives many inquiries about when to expect an opening. According to the bathroom's Facebook page, one is confident that it may open in June. However, this is only a speculation, because "the decision on day X is not made by the operator, but by the federal and state governments". The bathroom is currently in "standby mode": "The forest pool is ready for public use within eight days," it says on the page.

Everyone is looking at virus development

According to Ruthner, everything is currently dependent on the development of the situation. “I also cannot imagine that the hygiene concepts that are being developed will allow entry for absolutely everyone,” he suspects. The Erding outdoor swimming pool regularly receives between 80,000 and 100,000 visitors in the summer season from mid-May to September. "In the hot summer days that would be up to three thousand people a day who would sit closely together."

Despite all the uncertainties, it is becoming apparent that the government will probably announce next week what will happen next. Some baths are expected to open on May 30th - but the thermal baths will not be there.

Kathi Kronthaler

Source: merkur

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