now this is one big pool...

[purbeast0]

just saw this from looking at the link in the poundland thread.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...cost-1billion-build.html?ICO=most_read_module

that is pretty damn cool, anyone ever been there?

 

[lxskllr]

It's kind of neat, but the epitome of pointless, and wasteful. An inland ocean filled with the water of a real ocean that's a seashells throw away. Ridiculous...

 

[CPA]

How is it wasteful? It didn't waste anything, it merely transferred it. And no worries about sharks, jellyfish or a myriad of other things that are in the ocean. It's an option.

 

[lxskllr]

How is it wasteful? It didn't waste anything, it merely transferred it. And no worries about sharks, jellyfish or a myriad of other things that are in the ocean. It's an option.

It wasted $1,000,000,000, and energy to power, clean, and maintain it. It serves almost no purpose except as a visual gag.

 

[K1052]

It's kind of neat, but the epitome of pointless, and wasteful. An inland ocean filled with the water of a real ocean that's a seashells throw away. Ridiculous...

According to the article the sea temp is 68F. A wee bit nipply.

 

[BoomerD]

How is it wasteful? It didn't waste anything, it merely transferred it. And no worries about sharks, jellyfish or a myriad of other things that are in the ocean. It's an option.

It wasted $1,000,000,000, and energy to power, clean, and maintain it. It serves almost no purpose except as a visual gag.

CPA is right...as are you.

It looks like a nice, clean place to swim without the "natural hazards" of swimming in the ocean.
Yes, it was expensive as hell to build, and the logistics of building a 115 foot deep pool had to be pretty intense, but the end result is still impressive.

With Chile's earthquake history though, I'm not sure that it was a good "investment." It wouldn't take much of a quake to crack the concrete...or a large tsunami to fill it with sand and other debris.

 

[drebo]

My biggest problem is that it's ocean water. Why would you go through the trouble and then not fill it with fresh water, which is so much more pleasant to swim in.

 

[Atomic Playboy]

My biggest problem is that it's ocean water. Why would you go through the trouble and then not fill it with fresh water, which is so much more pleasant to swim in.

Can you imagine the logistics of trying to fill a pool that size with fresh water? Where would you get it?

 

[Krazy4Real]

Looks pretty cool!

 

[drebo]

Can you imagine the logistics of trying to fill a pool that size with fresh water? Where would you get it?

Same place the get the water to fill 20 Olympic swimming pools.

Either way, I wouldn't pay extra to swim in this pool if it's nearly as bad as swimming in the o'chin.

 

[BoomerD]

Same place the get the water to fill 20 Olympic swimming pools.

Either way, I wouldn't pay extra to swim in this pool if it's nearly as bad as swimming in the o'chin.

What's wrong with swimming in the ocean? I like swimming in saltwater...just not as salty as the Great Salt Lake...that place is fucking gross.

Filling the "kiddie pool" with ocean water allows them to have a ready source for clean,"fresh" saltwater at all times.

Just pump out the old, pump in the new...good to go.

Being the suspicious bastard I am, I wonder how long it will be before some "evil miscreant" catches some sharks and other ocean life and puts it in the pool...

 

[CRXican]

epic

 

[DesiPower]

cleaning piss outta that thing ain't no easy task...

 

[Atomic Playboy]

Same place the get the water to fill 20 Olympic swimming pools.

Either way, I wouldn't pay extra to swim in this pool if it's nearly as bad as swimming in the o'chin.

Try 100 Olympic swimming pools. An Olympic pool holds roughly 660,000 gallons; this pool holds 66 million. I think you'd have a hard time selling anyone on the idea of filling that with fresh water, especially with the need to constantly recycle it, and having to put chlorine in it that close to the ocean... No, logistically there's just no way that would work. Leave the fresh water for people to drink; seawater is fine for swimming.

 

[BoomerD]

cleaning piss outta that thing ain't no easy task...

It's big enough that "dilution is the solution to pollution."

 

[T_Yamamoto]

Make jello in it

 

[Dualist]

It's about as long as a football field, and would take a few years of planning and construction.

 

[CPA]

It wasted $1,000,000,000, and energy to power, clean, and maintain it. It serves almost no purpose except as a visual gag.

Nah, that $1B paid for construction employees, bought materials which paid for manufacturing employees and pays for utility employees. It's no different than any other pool, just on a larger scale.

 

[Atomic Playboy]

It's about as long as a football field, and would take a few years of planning and construction.

It's about as long as ten football fields. It's basically a man-made lake.

Those little buildings along the side? Those are hotels. The thing is monstrously massive for a pool.

 

[Albatross]

Chile is just as prone to earthquakes as California...
A tsunami is waiting and smiling right now.

 

[BoomerD]

Chile is just as prone to earthquakes as California...
A tsunami is waiting and smiling right now.

Chile actually has more earthquakes...and LARGER earthquakes than California.

From the USGS:

The largest recorded earthquake in the world was a magnitude 9.5 (Mw) in Chile on May 22, 1960.

 

[Genx87]

That is awesome. But is it really 115 feet deep? Seems like the color is pretty uniform for having such a large depth.

 

[HydroSqueegee]

i so want to go there now! thats badass.

 

[Atomic Playboy]

I think the 115 foot deep section is just in a small part of it. Most of it appears to be much shallower. Hell, in most of the pictures the shadows of the people/boats appear to be less than 10 feet down.

 

[Gunslinger08]

Can you imagine the logistics of trying to fill a pool that size with fresh water? Where would you get it?

That's not a huge deal. 66 million gallons is a lot, but not an outrageous amount of water to obtain. Assuming $1/1k gallons, that's $66k to fill it. That's probably close to the monthly usage for a medium sized town. In the US, the average person uses about 100 gallons/day, so that's about the monthly use of 22k people.

The real issue is treating and cycling the water, just like your freshwater pool at home. You'd need an absolutely ridiculous amount of chlorine. If it was in the US, I'd imagine there would be crazy ecological pressures around it. Chile might be cool with it, but it's still much easier to use ocean water that they can dump right back in when cycling it.