Swimming pools are classified as:
- Private Swimming Pool:
Pools which are owned & used by single family occasionally with friends & relatives. Pool size can be from 20 m³ to 150 m³. Pools which are in the compound, back yard, basement, terrace, weekend bungalows, and farm house etc.
2. Public Swimming Pool:
Pools having capacities from 150 m³ to 1,000 m³ liters are used by many swimmers at a time.
These pools are further divided into two, one which are sparingly used in hotels, holiday resorts,
3. Cooperates, small townships, residential complexes, schools, universities etc. and others which are daily used by members like sports clubs, recreational clubs, municipalities etc.
4. Competition / Diving Pools:
Pools which are used for local, national & international competitions are of semi-Olympic & Olympic size. These pools are from 1,200 m³ to 6,000 m³.