Royal Pools by Adams designs and builds custom inground swimming pools throughout Newark, from Old Town to the bayside communities. We are a Diamond Certified pool construction company headquartered in San Jose, about 25 minutes down I-880, and we have been building Bay Area pools since 1969. Our five-step program takes your project from first sketch to first swim.
Newark has the best origin story in the Tri-City area: it began as a railroad town in 1876 and incorporated in September 1955 specifically so it would not become the new city of Fremont’s industrial zone, leaving it an island completely surrounded by its neighbor. For pool builders, the geography is friendly. The city is flat from Old Town to the bayshore, with rectangular tract lots and clean equipment access, and the honest caveat is that lots nearer the bay can carry a shallow water table, so we assess soils and dewatering per lot before scheduling the dig. Permits go through the city’s Building Inspection Division on Newark Boulevard, with plans submitted electronically, and we confirm your lot’s exact setbacks with the city during design. One neighborly detail: Newark hosts the water district’s desalination facility, and because the district blends imported water with harder local groundwater, we test your actual fill water and balance the startup chemistry to it.
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Royal Pools by Adams is part of the Adams Pool Group, a family-run organization that has been building and finishing pools since 1953. Every 28 Palms project is backed by the same leadership team that oversees every Royal pool in the Bay Area.
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We build throughout Newark and the Tri-City area:
The 1876 railroad-town core on Thornton Avenue, an officially planned city district where designs respect the heritage.
Established post-war family lots near NewPark Mall, built for full-size pools.
Newer masterplans like Bayshores, where compact designs shine and HOA review runs alongside the city permit.
The city that surrounds Newark on every side, with a dedicated page of its own.
The third Tri-City neighbor, with a dedicated page of its own.
Yes. Pool projects run through the City of Newark’s Building Inspection Division at 37101 Newark Blvd (510-578-4261), with applications and PDF plans submitted electronically. Newark publishes no self-serve portal like larger cities, so we manage the intake, the plan review cycle, and inspection requests directly with the division.
Mostly, yes. Newark is flat from end to end, with rectangular tract lots and straightforward equipment access compared with hillside towns. The honest caveat: lots nearer the bay can have a shallow water table, so we assess soils and dewatering per lot before the excavator arrives.
Alameda County Water District, the Tri-City provider, on a typical-year blend of roughly 40 percent State Water Project, 20 percent San Francisco regional supply, and 40 percent local Alameda Creek watershed sources. Newark itself hosts the district’s desalination facility near Cherry and Central Avenue, which treats brackish Niles Cone groundwater.
It can vary, and the district manages it deliberately: ACWD blends imported San Francisco water with harder local groundwater to control overall hardness. We test the actual fill water on fill day and balance calcium hardness and alkalinity to it, rather than assuming a number.
Yes. Communities like Bayshores and the newer townhome areas trend toward smaller yards, which is exactly where compact designs, plunge pools, and pool-spa combos shine. HOA design review runs alongside the city permit, and we handle both.
Those are classic builds. The established lots around the historic core at Thornton and Sycamore, dating from the city’s 1955 incorporation era onward, have mature landscaping we design around and standard side-yard access. Full-size family pools fit comfortably on these parcels.
Prefer to plan your project in person? Our San Jose showroom at 2258 Camden Ave is about 25 minutes from Newark: take I-880 South, continue onto CA-17 South toward Santa Cruz, and exit at Camden Avenue. Get directions from Newark →
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