Columbia Pool Shutdown by Health Department

A Columbia pool is now shutdown for not following health guidelines.

The Columbia/Boone County Health Department suspended the Brookside Midtown Pool’s operating permit.

According to a health department spokesperson the pool had submitted a plan detailing procedures to keep it safe, including social distancing, and that plan was not being followed.

According to the health officials in Boone County an estimated 100-120 people were at the pool on Saturday afternoon.