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The saga of the water in the diving and water polo pools at the Maria Lenk Aquatics Center in Rio de Janeiro is, shall we say, a very colorful tale. When the Olympics began on Aug. 5, the pools were ...

There’s something in the water in Rio — and it’s getting worse. The Olympic diving pool was closed Friday morning as the water continues to be a disturbing, murky shade of green. The concern for those ...

The tǝmǝsew’txw Aquatic and Community Centre is the rare all-electric aquatics center that boasts Canada’s Green Building ...

Dear Mary Williams-Neal Community Center Pool kids: I feel you. Green pool water. Yuck! (June 27, 2A, “This KC community pool closed after turning bright green. Here’s why & when it’ll reopen”) A ...

The lady divers all competed as if everything was fine, with the women from China winning the gold. But it was unsettling to viewers at home. In a statement to SELF, Rio spokespeople said that the ...

RIO DE JANEIRO-- Green, not gold, was the color of the day at the Olympic diving venue. The divers at the 2016 Rio Olympics were landing in pristine, well-maintained, crystal-clear blue water on ...

There still aren't any definitive answers about why the water in the Olympic diving pool turned green. However, after a day's worth of tests and examinations, officials think they have it figured out, ...