March 31, 2024 Weekly Flash Briefing: Swimming Pools, Industry News, Business & Culture

POOL CHASERS

• SRS Distribution Announces Next Phase of Growth by Combining with The Home Depot to Better Serve Professional Customers
• Pentair Earns 2024 ENERGY STAR® Partner of the Year – Sustained Excellence Award
• Fluidra EARNS 2024 ENERGY STAR® Partner of the Year AWARD
• Recent Leslie’s/Harris Poll Study Shows Nearly Three-Quarters of Americans Mistakenly Assume Clear Pool Water Is Clean, Swim-Safe Water
• The Premier League stadium with a rooftop swimming pool
• NY Swims will deliver $150 million in grant funding for localities to build out 10 new landmark public swimming pools
• Off the deep end: France's love of swimming pools
• Pool Brain Announces New Feature - The Ability to Update Billing Settings in Bulk
• Pro Pool Inspectors is the definitive pool inspection company with a focus on helping pool professionals feel confident inspecting a pool and its equipment 
• Raypak $150 instant rebate with the purchase of any Raypak or Rheem Crosswind V pool heater
• Lyon Financial: Industry best financing
• Pool Industry Podcasts
• Book of the Week: Places We Swim: Exploring Australia's Best Beaches, Pools, Waterfalls, Lakes, Hot Springs and Gorges by Dillon Seitchik-Reardon 
• Quote of the Week: Empty your mind, be formless, shapeless, like water. - Bruce Lee
• Pools in Culture: Red Bull boss Christian Horner and wife Geri Halliwell are in a fight with neighbors over ‘disrespectful’ plans to build a swimming pool by an old churchyard
• Pool of the Week: Sphere Pool at the Euphoria Retreat in Mystras, Greece