Patent ID: 7624589

Claim:
In combination with a swimming pool having a swim basin with water therein, a suction line extending from the basin to a filtering system and a return line extending from the filtering system to the basin, an apparatus for cooling water within the basin comprising: a hollow tower having an upper end, a lower end and an interior; a motorized fan positioned at the upper end of said tower; a water distribution header positioned beneath said fan, said distribution header in fluid communication with said return line, said header having a plurality of dispensing apertures thereon; a fill medium received within said tower interior and positioned beneath said header, said medium configured to atomize streams of water coming in contact therewith; a reservoir positioned beneath said medium, said reservoir in fluid communication with said basin whereby said fan pulls ambient air upwardly through said atomized streams of water to invoke evaporative cooling thereof allowing cooled water to be collected in said reservoir and redirected to said basin.