Dirty pools
Los Angeles County environmental health specialist Sarkis Kharadjian knocks at the manager’s door of an apartment building in the Panorama City area of Los Angeles in an unannounced inspection of its swimming pool. (Stefano Paltera / For The Times)
Environmental health specialist Sarkis Kharadjian tests pool water while building manager Sylvester Norwood watches in Panorama City. The pool and a spa were closed, due to a low level of chlorine and the presence of algae in the pool and a broken drain cover and absence of chlorine in the spa. (Stefano Paltera / For The Times)
Sarkis Kharadjian tests the water in a spa next to this pool in Panorama City. (Stefano Paltera / For The Times)
Dead insects float in a spa in Panorama City. (Stefano Paltera / For The Times)
L.A. County inspector Sarkis Kharadjian closes an apartment complex’s pool and spa in Panorama City as building manager Sylvester Norwood watches. (Stefano Paltera / For The Times)
