An equipment malfunction at a Sacramento water park poured too much chlorine into a wave pool and sent 20 people to the hospital, according to a news report.
Most of the injured suffered burning lungs or irritated eyes from the chlorine spill at the Raging Waters park when a broken water pump and malfunctioning chemical dispenser combined to create the spill. A supervisor with Sacramento County’s environmental management department said that one of the two pumps that circulate water into the pool broke down, which would normally cut off the chlorine dispenser, but that it failed to do so.
A preliminary investigation revealed that the wave pool’s chlorine dispenser was plugged into an outlet with an extension cord, but it was unclear yet whether or not the outlet had a safety mechanism connected with the water pumps.
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