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State-run pools often stay open after failed tests

Health inspectors’ findings ignored; water quality frequently bad

By Peter Schworm and Ben Wolford

 |  Globe Staff | Globe Correspondent  

  September 11, 2011

Pools that regularly failed water-quality tests over the past five years are often kept open in defiance of powerless health inspectors and at likely risk to the public.

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