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It's not as stupid as it seems, pouring clean water over your eyes can help. Normally you'd do it after swimming in ocean/sea... But I don't know what they add to swimming pools.
Chlorine maybe? Or maybe it's a saltwater pool. It may also be heated, and the bottled water is cold.
That would actually make sense.
Swimming pools use hypochlorous acid. It's often referred to as "chlorine" in colloquial usage, because well, that's the most important ingredient.