{"id":2380,"date":"2013-01-10T16:39:01","date_gmt":"2013-01-10T11:39:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.cawater-info.net\/all_about_water\/en\/?p=2380"},"modified":"2013-01-11T17:18:15","modified_gmt":"2013-01-11T12:18:15","slug":"worlds-largest-pool-which-cost-1bn-and-holds-66m-gallons-is-so-big-you-can-even-sail-boats-on-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.cawater-info.net\/all_about_water\/en\/?p=2380","title":{"rendered":"World’s largest pool which cost $1bn and holds 66m gallons is so big you can even sail boats on it"},"content":{"rendered":"

At the San Alfonso del Mar resort in Chile, a quick dip could well turn into a marathon.<\/em><\/p>\n

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Swimming a length in this, the world’s largest outdoor pool, would mean stroke after stroke for more than three fifths of a mile – that’s 20 Olympic-size swimming pools.\"Worlds-largest-pool3\"<\/a><\/p>\n

The enormous man-made lagoon is set halfway up the country’s Pacific coast, in the city of Algarrobo, and is filled with 66 million gallons of crystal clear seawater.<\/p>\n

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It also hold the Guinness record for the world’s deepest – so if you don’t feel like diving 115ft to the bottom, it might be best to bring some spare goggles.<\/p>\n

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The pool opened in December 2006 after nearly five years of construction work and is said to have set developers back as much as \u00a31billion.<\/p>\n

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And on top of that eye-watering initial cost, it takes a further \u00a32million a year to keep it in working order.<\/p>\n

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It uses a computer-controlled suction and filtration system to suck water in from the ocean at one end and pump it out at the other, while the sun warms it to 26C – nine degrees higher than the sea.<\/p>\n

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The pool’s incredible dimensions leave the next biggest floundering in its wake, with the Orthlieb in Morocco measuring a mere 1,575ft long.<\/p>\n

Source:\u00a0http:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/<\/a><\/p>\n

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