The announcement was made on Facebook. Tuesday October 8, the Camille Muffat swimming pool in Grand-Quevilly (Seine-Maritime) was forced to close its small pool after a sickening discovery on the surface of the water.
“Due to a ‘large’ excrement, the small pool is closed for the entire evening. ‘Adult’ short course activities are cancelled.announced the management of the aquatic center. It is unknown when and how the droppings ended up in the pool.
“You have to filter the entire pool“
All aquatic activities planned in the small pool, including the aquagym class, have been canceled.
People were asked “know how to swim” to refer to an aqua multi class (form of aquagym in a large pool with various exercises with fins) in another pool.
At the same time, pool officials took immediate steps to decontaminate the pool. “You have to filter the entire pool“, reveals an employee from the swimming pool to our colleagues from 76actu, who admits to being surprised by this incident “rare“.
A rare but not isolated incident
Although this type of event is indeed quite rare, the case of the Grand-Quevilly swimming pool is not isolated. Last February, the municipal swimming pool of Chauny (Aisne)
had to close its doors after the discovery “a little poop in the big pond”, said Régis La Personne, the deputy mayor in charge of sports.
The closure also lasted several hours, for hygiene reasons. “In this type of situation, which is not uncommon, there is a protocol to follow. You must first remove the fecal matter then carry out filtration. It lasts 1 hour 30 minutes for the small pool and 4 hours for the large pool”,
had specified the elected official in L’Aisne nouvelle.
