Rinse station
Definition
A standalone outdoor shower — usually a single low-pressure spray with a foot-pedal valve — placed at the splash pad exit for kids to rinse off chlorinated water before walking back to the parking lot.
Rinse stations are an underrated splash pad amenity. They reduce in-car chlorine smell, prevent chloramine residue from drying on skin, and remove sand and grass that kids pick up walking off the pad. Most are foot-pedal operated to discourage idle play and keep water use low.
A proper rinse station is plumbed to potable water (not the recirculated splash pad water), has its own gravity drain, and is positioned outside the supervised splash pad zone so kids exit for rinse-off and do not return wet. Premium installations include a hot-water option in shoulder-season climates.