Pool Horizons
resources
The Pool Horizons working groups, an unprecedented collaboration between global industry experts and key stakeholders, have developed a forward-looking roadmap structured around four interconnected horizons, each offering insights into how the industry can drive meaningful change, from individual actions to community impact and global sustainability.
The findings of the Pool Horizons working groups are now available in four comprehensive reports, each exploring a critical dimension of the industry’s future. Discover how these insights can help shape a better tomorrow.
Pool Horizons
reports
The Making a Splash report by the Pool Horizons Health and Wellbeing working group highlights the transformative health benefits of swimming pools, positioning them as essential resources for physical, mental and social wellbeing. Swimming and other activities in and around water boost cardiovascular fitness, muscle strength and mental resilience, and help manage chronic conditions, reduce stress and improve mobility. By providing accessible exercise options, swimming pools can help address health disparities and promote holistic wellbeing. The report envisions pools as integral to public health strategies, partnering with a wide range of stakeholders to enhance community-wide health outcomes.
Making a Splash
Health and Wellbeing
The Ripple Effect report, created by the Pool Horizons Community Development working group, highlights the role swimming pools play in promoting community wellbeing, social cohesion and economic vitality, contributing to improved health, offering spaces for recreation and reinforcing cultural identity. However, challenges such as financial barriers, cultural norms and limited access can restrict inclusivity. To overcome these obstacles, the report recommends strategies that include subsidized access, culturally sensitive programming and targeted infrastructure investments to broaden availability. It emphasizes the need for efforts from stakeholders to build resilient, inclusive communities where pools serve as central hubs for health, connection and economic development.
The Ripple Effect
Community Development
Safer Waters
Water and Safety
Keep Swimming
Sustainability and the Environment
Safer Waters explores the transformative role of swimming pools in advancing water safety and competency. Developed by the Pool Horizons Water and Safety working group, the report highlights pools as vital spaces for teaching life-saving skills, addressing global drowning disparities and fostering inclusivity. By advocating for accessible swimming education and innovative policies, it envisions pools as essential community hubs for health, safety and resilience. This initiative seeks to contribute to reducing drowning risks and empower communities worldwide to safely enjoy aquatic environments.
Keep Swimming, a report developed by the Pool Horizons Sustainability and the Environment working group, envisions a transformative role for swimming pools in advancing sustainability and societal progress. It outlines strategies for integrating resource efficiency, innovative technologies and sustainable practices across swimming pools, facilities and community ecosystems. The report highlights the potential for swimming pools to evolve into symbols of environmental responsibility and resilience, shaping a more sustainable and connected future.
Community and water competency
Pathways for new Australians
Discover inspiring, thought-provoking perspectives of the world of swimming pools and aquatic activities.
Swimming pools
and data centres
A sustainable symbiosis
The pool that revitalized
a community
Eatonville, Florida, USA
Best-in-Class
projects
A circular
water solution
Barcelona, Spain
AI personalizing
aquatic activity
Case
studies
AI revolutionizes
pool safety
Abbeycroft, UK
Building
safer communities
Malaysia
Inclusive and accessible
by design
Sydney, Australia
More sun,
less carbon
Coyoacán, México
Swimming
Ahead
Brazil
Water and
mental wellbeing
Barcelona, Spain
Survival swimming
centres
South Africa
Diversity
and inclusion
Australia
A sustainable
symbiosis
Exmouth, UK
Revival
and renewal
Eatonville, USA
Pool Horizons
Summit 2025
The second Pool Horizons Summit took place in Atlantic City, USA, on 27 January 2025. This event brought together members of the swimming pool industry and representatives of the wider ecosystem to address pressing social and environmental challenges within the swimming pool sector.
We are excited to share the outcomes of the summit with you. Explore our latest best-in-class projects and the Pool Horizons working group reports. Discover how the swimming pool industry is evolving to meet today’s challenges and contribute positively to society and the environment.
Join us in this transformative journey as we continue to redefine the horizons of swimming pools and their impact on communities worldwide. Together, we can make a difference.
Stay tuned for updates on future events and initiatives. Your participation and support are crucial as we work towards a more sustainable and socially responsible swimming pool industry.
Pool Horizons
Summit 2023
The first Pool Horizons Summit was held in Barcelona in November 2023. It was a great opportunity for the swimming pool industry to get together to address social and environmental challenges.
