By BOB SHRALUKA
WZBD.com
With a patch here and a patch there, Decatur’s city pool is hanging in there, still keeping customers wet and cool.
The pool’s leakage – first reported as severe in mid-June – has been reduced considerably, Chris Krull told city council at its Tuesday meeting.
“We’re making positive gains,” he said.
Krull, director of sports and facilities for the city’s parks and recreation department, informed council that what was once a loss of 12 inches of water in the pool in a 24-hour period has been reduced to 2 inches in that same time period.
The pool staff has been hard at work finding holes/cracks and putting epoxy in them, and that includes the largest hole, said Krull, sitting in for Parks Superintendent Cara Gerber.
“It is checked daily and has been holding water for two weeks now,” the report said. “We are hopeful that the good news continues.”
The 12-inch water loss per 24 hours was reduced to 7 inches after the closing of the baby pool. Repairs to a leak in a pipe in the pump house knocked the loss down to 5 inches.
Plugging another large hole trimmed that to 2 inches of water loss in 24 hours.
”Each crack we find and plug up, we are losing less water. So we are hopeful we can get through this season,” the Krull report pointed out.
The baby pool has been closed since mid-June. The only fix for it, it was said at the time, would be to concrete the current holes and run its own chlorinated system to a shed closer to the pool – which could cost up to $50,000.
The report also mentioned the long-term goals for the pool will be discussed at upcoming park board meetings.
The board meets at Riverside Center the second Monday of each month, starting at 7 p.m.
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