ANDERSON — The rules of the pool are non-negotiable.

At Southside Pool they include no running, fighting, diving in shallow water or wearing inappropriate clothes. And pool manager Carol Kolb, known to some as the Pool Nazi, enforces the laws of her domain with obvious zeal.

“As summer jobs go, it’s a lot more fun than working in a bowling alley,” said the 50-year-old Kolb, who is in the middle of her second season as the pool’s supervisor. She’ll return to teaching full time in August when the Anderson Preparatory Academy charter school opens.

With the city’s other public pool closed, crowds at Southside have been strong, especially earlier this summer when extreme heat drew more people than the pool could handle. Kolb and her staff had to turn people away.

Lindsay Crenshaw, who managed Althetic Pool, and 11 lifeguards aid Kolb. Safety, of course, is a top priority, but the staff is constantly combing the enclosed pool for tossed food wrappers, stopping stray magazines before the wind blows them into the pool and testing the water four times a day.

Carly Clendenen, the pool’s assistant manager, said Kolb has a knack for getting people to behave.

“She’s strict, and people respect her for it,” she said. “People kind of want to rebel, but Carol won’t let them.”

Clendenen confirmed that her boss is known among the staff as the Nazi of Southside Pool, a nickname that embarasses Kolb.

“I hate the word ‘Nazi’,” she said. “I don’t mind that they call me that, but it could offend people.”

As a teacher with two grown children of her own, Kolb has the experience to forsee problems, something the younger lifeguards aren’t always keyed into, she said.

Kolb won’t hesistate to tell a swimmer to get his squirt gun out of the pool if she thinks it could create a problem later, and she’ll keep her eyes on a group of kids who seem to have the potential for mischief.

And if an infraction does occur on her watch, Kolb is always prepared. She can whistle loud enough to halt any horseplay, useful for teachers and pool bosses.

“This is kind of like having a classroom,” Kolb said, “except somebody could drown if you don’t pay attention.”