Boulder pool to open with restrictions

The Boulder city pool will open in late June or early July, but due to Phase 2 of state COVID-19 guidelines, pool operations will look very different than in years past, according to Pool Manager Jessica Craft. 

Craft said changes will include six-foot social distancing between individuals that do not belong to the same family, and a maximum capacity of 45 people in the pool at one time — an amount she doesn’t think the pool will reach regardless. All violations of the COVID-19 guidelines will be enforced by lifeguards with a warning on the first offense, and a possible removal from the pool upon sequential violations.

“There will just be a constant reminder that they (swimmers) can’t splash or be around each other,” Craft said.