Discouraged From Swimming in Dumpsters, Philly Embraces Pickup Truck Pools

When L&I told Philly they weren't "screwing around" with dumpster pools, residents switched to turning their pickup trucks into pools.

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Last month, Philly got resourceful.

When temperatures skyrocketed, residents on Cedar Street lined a dumpster with tarps and filled it with fire hydrant water to create their own little oasis. Then they held a block party.

So when L&I said no to dumpster pools filled with fire hydrant water, Philly took it up a notch. The result: pickup truck pools.

That time Philly banned dumpster pools, so the good people of Fishtown just filled up a bunch of pickup trucks instead | Philadelphia, Pa. | Aug. 9, 2016 A post shared by Matt Stanley (@stanleyphoto) on Aug 9, 2016 at 6:05pm PDT

Because yes, even though Philly offers more public pools per capita than any other U.S. city, sometimes people just want to cool off a little closer to home.

Pickup truck pools are debatably a step up from dumpster pools, as they probably waste less water and take up less space. But hopefully the bathers chose to get their H20 from elsewhere this time. L&I’s biggest problem with these pools seems to be the hydrant-tapping – about 60,000 galloons come out of a hydrant every hour, and Philly already has a problem with illegally opened hydrants.

Because residents are still publicizing their homemade swimming pools, we’ll see if L&I jumps on this attempt with another warning statement. Seems like a challenge.

More photos:

When your friend is a summer genius and makes a #dumpsterpool and pisses of the city of #Philadelphia and makes national news!#InsideEdition in a #truckpool A post shared by Sonja Century (@sonjacentury) on Aug 13, 2016 at 8:29am PDT

https://www.instagram.com/p/BI5BUhYBOlm/?tagged=dumpsterpool

#truckpool #dumpsterpool #cedarstreetblockparty A post shared by Jason Ertwine (@phillyjason128) on Aug 10, 2016 at 6:27pm PDT

This sums up my evening in #fishtown #dumpsterpool #dumpsterpoolforpresident2017 #pickuppool #pickuptruckpool #pickuppoolparty A post shared by Doug Sakmann (@dougsakmann) on Aug 9, 2016 at 5:39pm PDT

https://www.instagram.com/p/BI49B4rgxjr/?tagged=dumpsterpool

#dumpsterpool #pickuppool #lobsterclub #dumpsterpoolforpresident2017 A post shared by Doug Sakmann (@dougsakmann) on Aug 9, 2016 at 3:54pm PDT

Free the dumpster pool! #cedarstreetblockparty #dumpsterpool A post shared by Shearn (@shearn10) on Aug 4, 2016 at 1:53pm PDT

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