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ZSL London Zoo penguins ‘chill out’ in purpose-built pool
www.waterco.com 1 Waterco Case Study Penguin Beach, ZSL London Zoo ZSL London Zoo’s penguin colony is reveling in its ‘new’ home in ZSL London Zoo, with the opening in early 2011 of Penguin Beach. And Waterco played a key part in the solution to keep the pool clean. In the heart of London, England is the world’s oldest scientific zoo. ZSL London Zoo opened in London in 1828 and was originally intended as a collection for scientific study. It was later opened to the public in 1847 and today holds 755 different animal species. Since then, one of the most popular exhibits has been the penguin pool, with the recognizable Lubetkin pool built in 1934. As time moved on and different needs for the animals were recognized, ZSL London Zoo moved the penguins into a new pool, leavi