Arlington says splash pads safer after 3-year-old’s brain-eating amoeba death prompts changes
ARLINGTON, Texas - The city of Arlington hopes its public pools and splash pads are now safer.
It installed new sanitizing equipment after a 3-year-old boy died last year.
Bakari Williams died of a rare brain infection caused by an amoeba.
Bakari Williams
It’s believed that he contracted the brain-eating amoeba at the splash pad at Don Misenhimer Park in southern Arlington.
The city’s pools and splash pads now have additional chemical testing and sanitation systems.
They open on Monday.
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