61 pools in Fort Worth had serious health or safety violations in April. Did yours?
As the weather warms, Fort Worth health inspectors are busy checking out public swimming pools at apartment complexes, residential communities, hotels, country clubs and even the splash pad at the Fort Worth Zoo.
What they find isn’t always pretty.
A Star-Telegram analysis of 194 pool and spa inspections conducted in April found that dozens were dinged for safety threats, improper chlorine levels or pH, poor maintenance, dirty or non-functioning filters and skimmers, algae or other violations.
When the problems are serious, the inspectors order the pool to be closed until the issues are resolved.
Nearly 100 of the inspections at 61 locations resulted in the pools either being closed or not allowed to reopen yet for the season.
The closures were at 49 apartment complexes, six hotels, two country clubs, two neighborhood communities, a senior living building and a school, according to the city’s records.
In most cases, the pools get the green light to reopen soon after.
You can view the complete inspection records (including pools that had violations but weren’t ordered to close) farther down in this story, and search for your community or keywords in the violations.
First, here are the locations where inspectors at least temporarily closed a pool or spa in April due to observed violations:
Apartment complexes
1505 Exchange Apartments
2900 Broadmoor Apartments
Aero Apartments
Alton Park Apartments
Arbors On Oakmont Apartments
Aventine Tarrant Parkway
Avilla Reserve Apartments
Broadway Chapter
Cameron Creek Apartments
Centreport Lake Apartments
Constellation Ranch Apartments
Cortland Presidio West
Coventry at City View Apartments
Cumberland on Granbury Apartments
El Rancho Escondido Apartments
Enclave at Westport Apartments
Encore Panther Island
Garden Gate Apartments
Heights at Cityview Apartments
Hulen Heights Apartments
Lake Pointe Apartments
Laurel Heights at Cityview Apartments
Madera @ Left Bank Apartments
Marine Creek Apartments
Meadow Ridge Apartments
Northpoint Villas Apartments
Oxford at Lake Worth
Park Creek Apartments
Phoenix Commons
Retreat at River Ranch Apartments
Sierra Gardens
Solay Fort Worth Apartments
Solea Tavola Apartments
Sorrento Apartments
Springs Apartments - Spring Glen
Springs Apartments - Spring Hill
Steeplechase Apartments
The Berkeley Apartments
The Club at Stonegate
The Flats at Brentwood
The George Apartments
The Meridian Apartments
The Savoy Apartments
Tides on Avril
Trinity Heights Apartments
Venue @ 8651 Apartments
Verandas at City View
Villas by the Park Apartments
Windsong Apartments
Hotels/motels
Comfort Suites - Lakeworth (5825 Quebec St.)
Fort Worth Fairfield Inn & Suites (1505 S. University Drive)
Holiday Inn (4635 Gemini Place)
Hotel Drover (200 Mule Alley Drive)
La Quinta Inn & Suites (8250 Anderson Blvd.)
Motel 6 Stockyards (2520 N.E. 28th St.)
Neighborhood communities
Avilla Trails
Poynter Crossing HOA
Private clubs
Colonial Country Club
Mira Vista Country Club
Other
iExplore Montessori
Trinity Terrace
Here are the inspection observations for public pools and spas within the city limits of Fort Worth for April 2023. Pools and spas must meet local and state minimum health requirements such as the proper maintenance of water disinfection, filtration/circulation systems, safety features, signage, etc. The health inspections are not graded, but if violations or deficiencies are present, the facility owner/operator is required to remedy the conditions of deficiency immediately or within a reasonable period of time. To search the inspections, type in a keyword or pool/spa name.
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