{"id":214939,"date":"2026-03-22T01:50:16","date_gmt":"2026-03-22T01:50:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/214939\/"},"modified":"2026-03-22T01:50:16","modified_gmt":"2026-03-22T01:50:16","slug":"barton-springs-pool-in-austin-reopens-on-saturday-what-to-know","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/214939\/","title":{"rendered":"Barton Springs Pool in Austin reopens on Saturday. What to know"},"content":{"rendered":"

Austin’s iconic Barton Springs Pool will reopen to the public on Saturday\u00a0after a delayed reopening<\/a> tied to repairs on aging infrastructure.<\/p>\n

The longer-than-expected closure allowed workers to safely complete the Barton Springs Skimmer Bypass Project<\/a>, which involved removing and mitigating a decommissioned skimmer bypass structure dating to the 1940s.\u00a0<\/p>\n

City officials said crews encountered unexpected conditions while removing aging infrastructure inside the pool, requiring additional time and specialized equipment.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Crews discovered the deteriorating infrastructure during routine inspections earlier this year. Officials said parts of the original bypass structure<\/a> \u2014 built to manage Barton Creek flow \u2014 had eroded for decades, creating the potential for sections to collapse into the pool.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The city initially closed Barton Springs in late February to remove the structure ahead of a major flood event that could damage it<\/a> and force a longer shutdown.\u00a0<\/p>\n

As crews worked to remove the structure, they had to follow strict protocols because the pool is in an endangered species habitat where the Barton Springs salamander lives.<\/p>\n

The maintenance falls under the city’s Barton Springs Pool Habitat Conservation Plan and Incidental Take Permit. Officials have said the work is also intended to benefit<\/a> the species by linking portions of their habitat separated by erosion.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Saturday, March 21, 5 a.m. to 10 p.m.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Austin’s iconic Barton Springs Pool will reopen to the public on Saturday\u00a0after a delayed reopening tied to repairs…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":214940,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[132,134,133],"class_list":{"0":"post-214939","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-austin","8":"tag-austin","9":"tag-austin-headlines","10":"tag-austin-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/214939","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=214939"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/214939\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/214940"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=214939"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=214939"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=214939"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}