Zwembad De Fakkel - Ridderkerk
The water slides lifetime in public pools is estimated at approx. 10 years. After this period, due to its appearance, the integrity and cleanliness it's recommended to replace the entire slide for a new one. Such a decision has been taken, among others, in the Dutch town of Ridderkerk. The old slide was disassebled, and replaced by a shinny, grass-green coloured, 60 meters long water slide with translucent elements ( lines, stars, circles). Kids, in a competition, nominated its new attraction "Octopus", for which they received diplomas and free entrance tickets to the swimming pool.
