The popular Fort Worth swimming hole Burger's Lake opened Saturday for the summer season with a brand-new, high-powered water filtering system in light of last year's crypto scare.
The lake was closed for 10 days last summer after some 20 patrons became ill with digestive-disorders caused by the parasite cryptosporidium.
"I love Burger's Lake," said 20-year-old Fort Worth resident Nick Porter, who was the first one through the gate this morning along with three of his pals.
"It was exciting to be the first car to come in to this place, and the first ones to jump in this water," 17-year-old Justin Cope said.
Burger's Lake was just one of several public swimming facilities forced to close last summer because of crypto contamination.
"That affected us something terrible, like it did everybody," said lake spokesman Curtis Mahan.
This year, Burger's Lake owners have installed an ozone-based water-filtering system to hopefully combat any future crypto cases.
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Mahan said the filter "basically goes out into the water and seeks out and destroys anything in there. It's the second most powerful oxidizer known to man, but it's chemical-free."
Burger's is celebrating its 80th consecutive summer of keeping North Texans cool in the blistering summer months. It opened in 1929.
In honor of Mother's Day, all mothers will be allowed in free of charge on Sunday.
