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Why investment in public pools took a dive

by Kai Ryssdal and Sofia Terenzio

Aug 30, 2024

As summer temperatures rise, some see the public pool as climate adaptation infrastructure, says journalist Eve Adams.

"[Public pools] offer this really important and reprieve from extreme heat that, as anyone who's lived through the past summer can tell you, is getting to be a real problem in cities," said journalist Eve Andrews.

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