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Giant Floating Pool in New York City New York City's sweltering summers might soon become a bit more bearable if three young entrepreneurs can get the city's approval to build a giant pool in the middle of the East River. The plan sounds laughably implausible, but since they first floated it a couple years ago, the team has added the massive global engineering consulting firm Arup to their roster, along with the expertise of a couple Columbia University researchers. The guys behind the big idea are architect Dong-Ping Wong, 31, of the New York architecture firm Family and graphic designers Archie Lee Coates IV, 28, and Jeffrey Franklin, 28, of the design studio PlayLab, Inc. The plan is called Everybody Plus Pool after its plus-sign shape that is meant to accommodate swimmers seeking all forms of the diversion. One arm of the pool will be for kids, another for swimming laps, the third for water sports and the fourth for lounging. But here's the part that's certain to make Mayor Mike Bloomberg swoon: The pool's water will be filtered from the smelly, chemical-ridden river water surrounding it. 'Like a giant strainer dropped into the rivers, + POOL will filter bacteria and contaminants through the concentric layers of filtration materials that make up the walls of the pool itself - leaving only clean, safe and swimmable river water,' the founder write on their website. 'The Olympic-size pool will filter over 500,000 gallons of river water daily, making a measurable contribution towards cleaning the city's waterways.' In its first round of fundraising in 2011, the startup raised $41,000. The money was put toward testing the pool's filtration system. 'We spent six weeks on a pier in the East River testing different filtration materials and learned about enterococci and fecal coliform from professors at Columbia University,' the website says. 'We gained the support of city and state agencies, open-water swimmers, waterfront advocacy organizations and over 1,200 incredible supporters who pledged money through Kickstarter.' Now, the group is looking to raise its first $1 million via its website to help build a mock-up of the pool, as they look to win approval and a permit from the city. The site for the floating oasis is planned for Dumbo, with a concrete walkway connecting it to the waterfront. Royalty Free Music: Music: xKore ft. Zoe & Naomi - Need You Support The Artists: xKore: http://soundcloud.com/xkore http://www.facebook.com/xKoreOfficial Centra: http://soundcloud.com/centra http://www.facebook.com/OfficialCentra