Public places are where most accidents happen due to poor maintenance, reckless behaviour and many distractions. This article demonstrates how even the most social places can be a hotbed of accidents waiting to happen.
Safety issues are not ignored when a swimming pool is opened to the public. However, despite the best planning there will always be unexpected circumstances that could jeopardize the swimmers in the public swimming pool. 
Trained lifeguards are typically on duty and their certifications are available for viewing, but their experience level may be in question. Drowning is not the only accident that can happen at a public swimming pool.
Pool owners need to keep the surrounding pool areas safe from danger as well as just keeping lifeguards on hand. Swimming pool users have had thousands of pounds paid out through their accident claim if they have slipped on loose tiles, uneven surfaces or hurt themselves on sharp edges.
Pool users can present a danger to their fellow swimmers if they do not take enough care. When a few become too rowdy they can hurt their people by jumping on them or hitting them by accident. Sometimes foreign objects will be thrown into the pool which could also cause accidents and injury.
Despite the best efforts by the community operating the public swimming pool, diseases can still be freely transmitted from one to another through the water.
However these factors do not mean that fun cannot be had at a swimming pool, especially during the summer when friends want a fun place to get together.
You will have more fun at a pool if you keep yourself and those around you safe by regulating your actions. Small children especially must be watched and guarded closely by their adult supervisors to ensure their safety as well as to make sure they do not interfere with the plans of others using the public swimming pool.
While the overall responsibility for the safety of the swimmers falls to the operators of a public swimming pool, personal safety needs to be the responsibility of everyone at the pool.