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Customized Splash Pad Attracts Edmonton Community
Kinsmen Park Splash Pad is a unique, completely custom manufactured splash pad located within Queen Elizabeth Park, in the heart of the Edmonton’s River Valley, on the south side of the North Saskatchewan River. This highly visual waterpark is extremely colorful, with spray features uniquely designed and custom manufactured to provide a nature and wildlife theme, reflecting the natural beauty surrounding the park.
When Recreational Water Illnesses Threaten Splash-Pad Fun
Splash pads are a hallmark of summertime family fun for communities across the country. Typically free to use and open to the public, they’re an accessible and affordable way to keep children entertained when school’s out.
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Planning for improvements at Oregon Park District’s Park West in Illinois were many years in the making. Because of COVID-19, the timing of the completion was actually an asset, not only to residents, but to surrounding communities as well.
Destination: Waterloo Park West
The city of Waterloo in Ontario, Canada, installed its only splash pad facility in the early 1990s on the east side of Waterloo Park. Called Lions Lagoon, the pad was constructed over a former outdoor pool.
Cutting Corners
When it comes to adding any type of aquatic feature into a park—whether a community pool or a splash pad—there are important safety elements to take into consideration, some of which may not seem like the
Moving Beyond Accessibility Toward Inclusivity
The Mansfield YMCA Splash Pad Park, designed and developed by Rain Drop Products LLC, in Mansfield, Ohio, is the first splash park to move beyond accessibility compliance through making features
Make a Splash with Minimal Cash
Photos Courtesy Of Hitchcock Design GroupSplash pads offer fun and unique water experiences that are safe, compact, and relatively inexpensive compared to those at other aquatic facilities. The pads
A “Re-Creation Of Recreation”
At a time when our nation has seen deep divides over race, a small city in North Carolina has worked to bring its community together despite all of the odds. Although Lexington city
Tapping Into A Good Idea
Even a good idea sometimes takes time to become reality. In the town of Wilton, N.Y., about 30 miles north of Albany, the concept of adding a splash park to Gavin Park was first discussed in
First-Class And Financially Feasible
More and more, parks- and government-operations directors are choosing to include different types of interactive water features instead of swimming pools, citing smaller up-front costs, no lifeguard costs, and less long-term maintenance.
Splash Pad Resilient Surfaces
Does your water play, spray ground, or splash pad have a “resilient surface”?
Triathlon Makes An Itty-Bitty Deviation
The Charley Taylor Splash Pad in Grand Prairie, Texas, is an interactive water park located just west of the Charley Taylor Recreation Center.
Waterplay Spray Pad Wins For Outstanding Design
Waterplay Solutions is excited to announce its spray pad at Splesj Water Park in the Netherlands was chosen as a 2015 Dream Design by Aquatics International Magazine.
The Anatomy Of A Splash Pad
Although the completed water feature looks simple, the splash pad system and initial design are complicated. The anatomy of a splash pad is similar to that of a pool and demands similar attention, particularly to water-quality and sanitation issues.
Splashpad Saves Community Cash
Commercial Recreation Specialists recently coordinated installation of a 3,164-square-foot Splashpad at Highlands Park in Cottage Grove, Minn. Zack McCarty, 2, gets a blast of cold water.(Pioneer
From Wading Pool To Splashpad
Do you want to add a splashpad to your park or pool complex but you don't want to start from scratch? Your aging wading pool could look like this!Maybe you have an old wading pool that just isn't
Splashpads: Last Chance To Watch
Today is your last chance to tune in toКDesigning Sustainable Splashpads withКStephen Hamelin,КCEO and founder of Vortex Aquatic Structures International and Kevin Spence, general manager of the Vorte
Smiles From Cottage Grove
Residents and visitors of Cottage Grove, Minn., have a new reason to smile, and splash.Mayor Myron Bailey was joined by Council Members Jen Peterson and Justin Olsen in welcoming visitors to the