Johnson Park is a community park located in south Tulsa along Riverside Drive. The City of Tulsa Park and Recreation Department had identified a spray pool as a needed facility to complete the children’s recreation area within this park. The typical design for spray pools within Tulsa was over a decade old and dated. The Tulsa Parks Department wanted a new prototypical design which provided more play value.

The new prototypical spray pool design utilizes various sized nozzles which provide jet streams of water in unique configurations. Three water areas within the pool provide a variety of play experiences. The tunnel water arch is designed with 20 jets streaming from the trench grate at an angle, creating the arches. An offset line of 16 jets stream vertical through the concrete with another area having five vertical jets. Each of the jet nozzles can be removed and maintained by staff with ease, while providing a vandal resistant design. Each custom drilled spray nozzle costs less than 50 cents to manufacture.

Each of the jet spray areas is operated by an automatic irrigation controller and can be set to operate independently, with two, or with all three areas operating simultaneously. The controller can be adjusted to alternate between several defined programs which might have all three areas on for five minutes, two areas on for 10 minutes, all three on for 20 minutes, one on for two minutes an so on. It is possible to define over 100 different programs to keep the pool animated for the children’s enjoyment.

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