The pool was installed to provide services offered by Belmont Pool Natatorium, which was permanently closed when it was deemed seismically and structurally unsafe. The natatorium will be replaced with a new permanent facility in the same area. The temporary pool will be in use for the next three years as the old pool plaza is demolished and a new pool complex is built. The pool’s features include: shallow water in approximately 40 percent of the pool to accommodate recreational and learn-to-swim programs; enough deep water to accommodate an all-deep competition water polo course with floating goal as well as well as two all-deep practice water polo courses with fixed goals; a lift and two sets of stairs with double rails for accessibility; covered bleacher seating for more than 300 people; a moveable bulkhead that can adjust swim lengths to 50 meters or 25 meters; and starter blocks for racing.