Inspections uncover problems at Atlanta-area pools

ATLANTA - Inspections across the Atlanta area have closed hundreds of pools for critical health violations this summer.

Many pools pass all inspections. But inspectors found no chlorine in the water at least 75 times, in Gwinnett County alone.

Inspection records reviewed by the Atlanta Journal-Constitution show chemistry problems at a range of pools and spas. The kiddie pool in Cobb County's Sheffield subdivision failed five of its seven inspections since June, records show. In the Gwinnett County active adult community of Brookhaven at Sugarloaf, inspectors twice closed the pool after tests on June 11 and July 8 found no chlorine.

Three pools at the Bexley Apartment Homes in Marietta failed most of their inspections this summer, records show.

Officials say nobody knows how often people are sickened in Atlanta or nationally. Most illnesses go unreported.