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SplashPadHub publishes 100 splash pad community case studies
May 10, 2026 — SplashPadHub
SplashPadHub today published its hundredth long-form community splash pad case study, doubling its case-study collection from the fifty-profile milestone reached the previous day and completing a research arc that now spans every major funding model — municipal capital, parks-foundation philanthropy, federal grant, tribal-trust, military-base, private-development impact fee, and church-property conversion — and every major community type, from dense urban cores to rural unincorporated places, frontier counties, military housing, tribal lands, and post-industrial waterfronts. The collection is licensed CC BY 4.0 for journalists, academic researchers, and parks departments to quote, adapt, or cite with attribution.
The full hundred-profile collection runs to roughly two hundred and twenty thousand words and combines primary-source interviews, public-records-derived budget documentation, design and water-system specifications, and operating-season observations into a reference library that no commercial parks-database publisher has assembled at comparable depth. The collection is structured both as a flat index for narrative reading and as a faceted research surface that permits queries by funding model, community type, water-system type, accessibility tier, and operating-season outcome.
"One hundred case studies is the threshold at which the patterns become statistically and narratively legible — funding patterns, failure modes, equity outcomes, and design conventions that no single profile can reveal," the editorial team said. "The hundred-profile library is the most thorough open account of American splash-pad infrastructure that exists, and it remains free."
The complete case-study collection is available now at https://splashpadhub.com, with each profile linked from the relevant state, city, and pad detail page, and with the full collection available as a single export under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license.
About SplashPadHub
SplashPadHub is the largest verified national directory of splash pads and spray parks in the United States, covering all 50 states and the District of Columbia. The independent editorial team publishes hours, fees, accessibility features, water-system type, and parent-reported notes for every verified location, alongside long-form research and an open dataset licensed CC BY 4.0. SplashPadHub does not accept paid placement, manufacturer money, or parks-department sponsorships. Learn more at https://splashpadhub.com.
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