It's finally time to get back in the swim of things in Minneapolis' outdoor pools.
That's the same day lifeguards will begin working at city beaches, and outdoor pools in St. Paul will open.
Park officials are candid in their hopes of avoiding a repeat of last summer at the naturally filtrated (read: no chlorine) Webber pool.
"The water fowl were fouling the water," said board spokeswoman Robin Smothers.
An abundance of duck feces overwhelmed the system and contaminated the main pool, pushing levels of bacteria too high for public swimming.
Of 75 days that the Webber pool was scheduled to be open in 2018, it was shut down for 33 owing to bacteria levels, Smothers said. The previous summer, it was closed for fewer than 10 days.
Regular testing so far this year, however, has shown bacteria levels to be almost nonexistent, let alone dangerous.