My House My Rules: Biggest Swimmimg PooL

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Tuesday, July 29, 2008

Biggest Swimmimg PooL

Situated in South American resort of San Alfonso Del Mar in Chile, this artificial lagoon and swimming pool is eight hectares in size and contains an incredible 250,000 cubic meters of water.

Acknowledged by Guinness World Records as being the world's largest swimming pool.

This one took five years to build, cost nearly £1billion and the annual maintenance bill will be £2million.

Chile’s monster pool uses a computer- controlled suction and filtration system to keep fresh seawater in permanent circulation, drawing it in from the ocean at one end and pumping it out at the other.