Around one in 10 respondents to the Aquatic Trends survey said in 2022 that they had built a new aquatic facility in the past three years, a similar response to 2021. Some 12.5% of respondents in 2021 said they had built new aquatic facilities, while in 2022 12.7% of respondents had built new facilities.
Respondents from schools, camps and parks were the most likely to indicate that they had built a new facility. Some 26.1% of school respondents in 2022 said they had built a new aquatic facility over the past few years, up from 13.6% in 2021. Camps also saw an increase, with 17.2% in 2022 indicating they had built a new aquatic facility (up from 7.7% in 2021). Parks saw no change, with 14.7% of respondents in 2022 and in 2021 indicating they had built a new aquatic facility over the past three years.
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