2nd Mesa pool closed in parasite scare

A popular Mesa pool will remain closed Saturday following word from Maricopa County that several people who had been swimming there are ill. The pool at Carson Junior High School was closed two hours ahead of schedule at about 5 p.m. Friday and is expected to reopen at 1 p.m. Sunday. The pool, located at 525 N. Westwood, is being superchlorinated as a precautionary measure, Mesa spokeswoman Heather Gray said. Gray added that it wasn’t immediately known whether the illness, including diarrhea symptoms, was caused by the same parasite that sickened Valley residents in Phoenix and Tempe or if the parasite originated from Carson. “All we know at this point is that the common factor is that some of these people who fell ill had all used the Carson facility,” Gray said. Word of the pool’s closing comes on the heels of another Mesa... [read full story]