He said: “The algae makes the water look green”. Generally, between 7.2 and 7.8 is considered an acceptable range.
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Global swimming governing body Fina has finally revealed the reason for the odd change in colour of the Olympic diving pool at the Maria Lenk Aquatics Centre in Rio.
On Tuesday, the blue waters of the diving pool at the Maria Lenk Aquatic Centre mysteriously turned a swamp green overnight. The water polo pool also turned a similar, sickening shade less than 24 hours later.
FINA, swimming and diving’s world governing body, however, said the change occurred, because “the water tanks ran out some of the chemicals used in the water treatment process”.
“No danger for divers, just not a good image for Olympic Broadcasting Services”, said FINA’s Cornel Marculescu, adding that he was not sure how quickly the pool water could be brought back to its normal color.
“The water quality.was tested and there were no risks to the athletes”.
Though organizers did not reveal the diving well’s water temperature on Tuesday, Olympic pools are supposed to be kept at a temperature of 79 F (26 C).
Independent experts have also confirmed there is “no risk to the athletes or anybody”. Rio organisers are now saying that the colour of the water should be rectified soon, whilst admitting that more could have been done to prevent the problem arising in the first place.
The diving pool in the Maria Lenk Aquatics Centre wasn’t one of them, according to company vice president Andrew Tiffany, because it was in an existing facility, originally built for the 2007 Pan American Games.
We’ve seen the wicked, the weird, and the wonderful at the Rio Olympics so far. “Obviously, the people in charge of maintaining the pool and of checking could and should have done more intensive tests”.
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“There was a sudden decrease of alkalinity”, Andrada said. “I don’t know what they have down there in Rio”, said Henderson, “but any new commercial system, at least here in the USA, is completely automated”. We don’t think it is risky or we wouldn’t have our athletes in the water.
