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After a month without a city pool, Lubbock opens their new splash pads, Monday, July 8, 2024, at Mae Simmons Splash Pad in Lubbock, Texas. The city closed their last public pool this year, causing an uproar with citizens.
 
After a month without a city pool, Lubbock opens their new splash pads, Monday, July 8, 2024, at Mae Simmons Splash Pad in Lubbock, Texas. The city closed their last public pool this year, causing an uproar with citizens.
Children stand in Lubbock’s new splash pads, Monday, July 8, 2024, at Mae Simmons Splash Pad in Lubbock, Texas. The city closed their last public pool this year, causing an uproar with citizens.
 
 
Residents beat the summer heat at the City of Longview's Ingram Pool, the city's only remaining public recreational pool, on Saturday July 6, 2024.
 
 
Cenovio Barbosa  of Williams Construction work on the demolition of the Longview Swim Center on Friday July 5, 2024.
Horacio Torres of Williams Construction work on the demolition of the Longview Swim Center on Friday July 5, 2024.
 
Demolition of the Longview Swim Center continues on Friday July 5, 2024.
 
 

This article was written by JAYME LOZANO CARVER AND JESS HUFF  of The Texas Tribune . 

Ts article originally appeared at : https://www.texastribune.org/2024/07/11/texas-public-pools-lubbock-longview/