Public pools are critical parts of city infrastructure as temperatures get hotter. This past July, 10 of Boston’s 18 public pools were closed for repairs in the middle of a heat wave, ...

Public pools are safe spaces for people to learn to swim, Lamonier says, because they often offer free or affordable lessons ...

The state of American public pools is a classic example of “deferred maintenance,” in climate-infrastructure parlance. Many pools have gone neglected or underfunded for years—even in cities ...