Chlorine shortage not expected to have much impact on public pools in the Valley Gypsy Hill Park Pool is being cleaned and gearing up to open for the summer. (Source: WHSV) By Chelsea Church | May 12, 2021 at 9:53 PM EDT - Updated May 12 at 9:53 PM STAUNTON, Va. (WHSV) - A chemical plant fire in Louisiana that happened last year is causing a shortage of chlorine tablets this summer. The chlorine shortage is mostly impacting residential pools, so you can still expect to have good, clean fun at public pools, like the one at Gypsy Hill Park in Staunton, this summer. “We try to get about two-thirds of the amount that we need for the entire summer at one time,” Staunton’s Superintendent of Recreation James Corbett said.