A Splash Pad can also be known as a splash park, water park, spray park or spray ground. With zero-depth water, splash pads are considered safe and eliminate the need for lifeguards because there is practically no risk of drowning.

The parks can include ground nozzles, rainbows (semicircular pipe showers), mushroom and flower showers, dump buckets, movable nozzles for squirting and little rotating creatures that squirt water, usually in bright colors, the options are endless! Some splash pads only have pop jets without any upright equipment.