Overview
- The Wellenberg outdoor pool was closed by the municipality after a routine test showed Pseudomonas aeruginosa in the sport pool following Thursday's sampling.
- Only the sport pool is affected and the children's paddling pool remains open to the extent it can be used safely.
- Two laboratory samples were taken last week, with one negative result and the other showing a slight exceedance that must be confirmed by the Landkreis Garmisch-Partenkirchen Gesundheitsamt.
- The municipality has completed backwashing, high-chlorination and partial draining and submitted a fresh sample, but confirmation was delayed by lab availability so the pool must remain closed through at least Wednesday, August 5.
- Pseudomonas aeruginosa is a common environmental bacterium that rarely harms healthy people, heat and heavy bather loads can favor its growth, and nearby Kainzenbad was closed and fully cleaned after a similar July detection before reopening after five days.