After a hesitant start, hundreds of Katherine residents have now enjoyed the Tindal RAAF Base pool.
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The RAAF Base opened its pool free of charge to the public late last week.
After just 13 people took advantage on the opening day, by the latest count this morning, a total of 242 Katherine residents have used the pool since it opened to the public.
Katherine’s public swimming pool is closed due to unsafe levels of PFAS chemicals detected in the water.
The Katherine Town Council closed the town pool for a fortnight to fix the problem.
The safe level of PFAS for recreational water use is 0.7 micrograms per litre.
The Tindal swimming pool has only ever been tested once and returned a reading of 0.45 micrograms per litre.
The defence pool is filled with town water which had an average recording of 0.01 migrograms per litre in September.
Tindal’s high but officially safe PFAS result has puzzled base officials.
The Katherine town pool has been tested three times and returned readings of 0.6 and 0.54 and 0.84.
The YMCA Term 4 Swim Lessons which start today have been relocated to the Tindal pool.
People need a photo ID to be able to access the pool.
The Bureau of Meteorology is forecasting a continuation of the hot build-up temperatures again this week.