Public Pools and Spas Are Permitted and Inspected in Tarrant County

Public swimming pools, spas, and those splash-pad-style interactive water features get permitted and inspected by Tarrant County Public Health for compliance with state rules, and the inspection scores go up online. The county runs that program for the unincorporated areas, Dallas-Fort Worth Airport, and 34 Tarrant County cities that hand the work to the county rather than running their own.

The apartment pool behind a leasing office, the one at a hotel, a swim school, a gym — these all tend to count as public or semi-public facilities even though they feel like a private amenity to the people swimming in them. An apartment manager who treats the pool as 'just for residents' can still be on the hook for the same permit and inspections. Before building one, reopening one after a remodel, or reworking a pool deck, line up the county pool program along with whatever the city wants for building and fire.