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Lawrence pool closed after water contaminated

Lawrence parks and Recreation Department temporarily closed the Outdoor Aquatics Center on Tuesday to disinfect the pool.

By Erin Castaneda

August 5, 2008

The Lawrence Outdoor Aquatic Center, 727 Ky., was closed Tuesday because of diarrhea in the water that occurred at a morning swim event.

Pool staff raised the chlorine levels as part of the cleanup procedure. The pool is expected to be open today, said Lori Madaus, aquatics supervisor.

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geniusmannumber1 (anonymous) says…

Ew.
August 5, 2008 at 3:45 p.m.
slickmick (anonymous) says…

It's no big deal. It turns out it was just a Baby Ruth bar that fell in the pool and caused mass hysteria.
August 5, 2008 at 3:46 p.m.
vulcan805 (anonymous) says…

Spalding!!!
August 5, 2008 at 3:49 p.m.
OldEnuf2BYurDad (anonymous) says…

thank you for closing the pool!! That's nothing to be messing with.
August 5, 2008 at 3:50 p.m.
75x55 (anonymous) says…

TMI...
August 5, 2008 at 4 p.m.
cato_the_elder (anonymous) says…

DP, I thought you had decided to forgo the muni pool this summer. Shame on you.
August 5, 2008 at 4:08 p.m.
gphawk89 (anonymous) says…

Doodie!!!
August 5, 2008 at 4:10 p.m.
BigPrune (anonymous) says…

Some people think it's funnybut it's really dark and runny.
August 5, 2008 at 4:15 p.m.
senor (anonymous) says…

I'm sorry I did that and I'm sorry I had corn for dinner.
August 5, 2008 at 4:17 p.m.
bookemdano (anonymous) says…

Really disappointed i couldn't be the first to post "DOODIE!"--because that is the first thing that came to mind when I saw this story.
August 5, 2008 at 4:17 p.m.
Roadkill_Rob (anonymous) says…

I can't believe the fringe looney leftist socialist communist liberals from Lawrence allow this type of behavior. The city commission should be ousted for this and Barack Obama should be held accountable b/c he's an elitist.
August 5, 2008 at 4:20 p.m.
Luxor (anonymous) says…

Poo poo pa-choo.
August 5, 2008 at 4:20 p.m.
Roadkill_Rob (anonymous) says…

Sorry, I just wanted to go ahead say that before the wing nuts do.
August 5, 2008 at 4:22 p.m.
senor (anonymous) says…

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1PmMFa...
August 5, 2008 at 4:29 p.m.
LooPerkinsucks (anonymous) says…

I thought Bucky's was closed...
August 5, 2008 at 4:38 p.m.
mmiller (anonymous) says…

Everbody...Sing with me...If you're ridin' in your chevy and you feel something heavy....Diarrhea.....Diarrhea...
August 5, 2008 at 4:50 p.m.
alm77 (anonymous) says…

How embarrassing!!
August 5, 2008 at 4:52 p.m.
Haiku_Cuckoo (anonymous) says…

If it wasn't for the lousy economy, people would be able to afford air conditioning and could keep cool at home instead of relying on the local pool to cool off. This tragedy could have been averted if Bush hadn't invaded Iraq and trashed our economy.
August 5, 2008 at 4:55 p.m.
guzzy393939 (anonymous) says…

Baby Ruth?
August 5, 2008 at 5 p.m.
blackhawkx (anonymous) says…

I hope that an episode of cryptosporidium doesn't develop...
August 5, 2008 at 5:17 p.m.
cloggedjhawk (Wendy magillicutty) says…

dont assume it was a kid; the pool is not open to the general public in the morning. It is open for swimming lanes and lessons only. It could have been a morning swimmer. double ew.can't stop it with willpower.
August 5, 2008 at 5:18 p.m.
cloggedjhawk (Wendy magillicutty) says…

oh and "cha-cha-cha"
August 5, 2008 at 5:19 p.m.
tangential_reasoners_anonymous (anonymous) says…

Ew... bio-semi-solids ( aplenty, in this forum ).
August 5, 2008 at 5:23 p.m.
BaxterC (anonymous) says…

Obviously, there is a serial pooper going to the pool this summer.
August 5, 2008 at 6:46 p.m.
Puff_Dragon (anonymous) says…

Kid was probably just tryin' for some jet propulsion with bubble power. Just didn't work out......
August 5, 2008 at 6:50 p.m.
LooPerkinsucks (anonymous) says…

I heard Mangino was losing weight, but that's one heckuva way to go about it...
August 5, 2008 at 6:58 p.m.
gkwhdw (anonymous) says…

boo-boo KITTY!
August 5, 2008 at 7:18 p.m.
akt2 (anonymous) says…

I know several grown men that have this problem on a regular basis. Although they don't swim at the pool, they have been seen rinsing their drawers out on occasion.
August 5, 2008 at 8:29 p.m.
bearded_gnome (anonymous) says…

The Lawrence Outdoor Aquatic Center, 727 Ky., was closed Tuesday because of diarrhea in the water, which occurred at a morning swim event.---written as if ...the diarrhea just happened *without any human agency!* yyuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuukkk!wonder if Googleearth captured that lovely image of lawrence today! clearly, this had to be bush's fault. a secret false flag conspiracy to distract people from ... uh ... well ... uh ... oh, I know, to distract people from the *anthrax scandal where elements (supersecret and superefficient, waay beyond the usual federal government standards) ... attacked our own people! yeah, that has to be it! false flag diarrhea!
August 5, 2008 at 8:54 p.m.
BigPrune (anonymous) says…

"which occurred at a morning swim event" and what an event it was.Please do not eat potato chips before entering the water.http://64.233.167.104/search?q=cache:ZyDbala4jlwJ:www.cspinet.org/new/flaynal.html+olestra+causes+anal+oil+leakage&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=1&gl=us&ie=UTF-8
August 5, 2008 at 9:13 p.m.
twaldaisy (anonymous) says…

Too, too funny akt2, bet I know some of the same guys! LOL
August 5, 2008 at 9:55 p.m.
RETICENT_IRREVERENT (Ronaldo Ignacio) says…

Fecal incontinence is more common in women than in men.
August 5, 2008 at 11:26 p.m.
SofaKing (anonymous) says…

Next time I will wear my pullups after eating those city pool hot dogs.
August 5, 2008 at 11:40 p.m.
chappel (anonymous) says…

I heard that krypto was discovered at a local pool a few weeks ago. I was wondering why it wasnt reported in the paper?
August 6, 2008 at 7:57 a.m.
KatB73 (anonymous) says…

Why assume it was a child? I guess no adults ever have diarhea? So, can someone answer why they sell adult diapers? Oh, wait must be for the right wing conservatives waiting for the black helicopters to fly over Lawrence. That way they won't miss anything.....
August 6, 2008 at 6:14 p.m.
gbaker (anonymous) says…

There is such a fine line between formed and unformed.
August 8, 2008 at 6:45 a.m.
JHOK32 (anonymous) says…

Actually you can kill crypto with chlorine if you raise the level to 20 ppm for 13 hours. www.cdchealthyswimming.com
August 8, 2008 at 8:05 a.m.
LittleCamazotz (anonymous) says…

I really don't understand that it says 2008 while it's 2010.
Though i'm heading to the pool tomorrow since my houses air contradiction broke and everything is way too hot. And it's kinda humid outside too so yeah i'm gonna head there tomorrow.
June 19, 2010 at 5:30 p.m.
LittleCamazotz (anonymous) says…

I really don't understand that it says 2008 while it's 2010.
Though i'm heading to the pool tomorrow since my houses air contradiction broke and everything is way too hot. And it's kinda humid outside too so yeah i'm gonna head there tomorrow.
June 19, 2010 at 5:31 p.m.
LittleCamazotz (anonymous) says…

I really don't understand that it says 2008 while it's 2010.
Though i'm heading to the pool tomorrow since my houses air contradiction broke and everything is way too hot. And it's kinda humid outside too so yeah i'm gonna head there tomorrow.
June 19, 2010 at 5:31 p.m.
LittleCamazotz (anonymous) says…

I really don't understand that it says 2008 while it's 2010.
Though i'm heading to the pool tomorrow since my houses air contradiction broke and everything is way too hot. And it's kinda humid outside too so yeah i'm gonna head there tomorrow.
June 19, 2010 at 5:31 p.m.
LittleCamazotz (anonymous) says…

ah ha ha.. sorry for the too many comments i thought it wasn't working.. trying to get the comment on.
June 19, 2010 at 5:33 p.m.