Photos: Final summer preparations for Cedar Rapids city pools

Crews put the finishing touches on city pools as summer approaches

May. 18, 2023 2:21 pm

Seasonal worker Chase Venz puts finishing touches on a canopy as preparations for the pool’s opening continues on Wednesday, May 17, 2023, at Bever Pool in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Preparations to open city pools take roughly a month to complete, from setup to monitoring water quality. “No one wants to swim in water as green as the grass,” joked Mike Lindeman, a recreation maintenance repair worker with the City of Cedar Rapids. (Geoff Stellfox/The Gazette)

Mike Lindeman, a recreation maintenance repair worker with the City of Cedar Rapids, cranks up a canopy umbrella as preparations for the pool’s opening continues on Wednesday, May 17, 2023, at Bever Pool in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Preparations to open city pools take roughly a month to complete, from setup to monitoring water quality. “No one wants to swim in water as green as the grass,” joked Lindeman. (Geoff Stellfox/The Gazette)

A deep water sign awaits swimmers as preparations for the pool’s opening continues on Wednesday, May 17, 2023, at Bever Pool in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Preparations to open city pools take roughly a month to complete, from setup to monitoring water quality. “No one wants to swim in water as green as the grass,” joked Mike Lindeman, a recreation maintenance repair worker with the City of Cedar Rapids. (Geoff Stellfox/The Gazette)

Mike Lindeman, a recreation maintenance repair worker with the City of Cedar Rapids, oversees seasonal workers set up umbrella canopies as preparations for the pool’s opening continues on Wednesday, May 17, 2023, at Bever Pool in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Preparations to open city pools take roughly a month to complete, from setup to monitoring water quality. “No one wants to swim in water as green as the grass,” joked Lindeman. (Geoff Stellfox/The Gazette)