HomeMy WebLinkAbout10-12 Aquatics ReportAquatics – October 2012
Aquatics has been very busy the last month. We have started our high school classes, teaching 8
periods a day. These classes include kayaking, basic swim lessons, and aquatic games. The school district
does pay for the classes, with an agreement that was for $49,000 this academic year. This agreement
includes a reduction in pass prices for the school district employees.
We are currently switching from a liquid based acid to control the pH of the pool water to CO2.
CO2 has several advantages over the liquid acid. First it will come in a bulk container that a delivery
truck can drive up to and fill up. This means that changing the tanks is eliminated, and safety for the
staff in increased. CO2 changes the pH in a different manner than liquid acid, this approach means that
we will not be reducing our alkalinity in the pool every time we need to add acid. This means we get a
two for one product approach to controlling the pool chemistry.
Facility problems hit us again this last month. A cable that supports the ducting material for the
air handling systems snapped in half and dropped the duct. Our repair happened outside of the box on
this one. Instead of waiting for a HVAC company to respond, we contracted with a member of the lap
swimming community that owns a garage door company. They had all the tools needed and got the job
done more quickly than we anticipated. The staff is looking into what the cause of the wire breaking.
Last year we had the floating ceiling drop out of the flange in the same area as the cable breaking. Two
incidents in one year is making the staff concerned. We are in the process of hiring a structural
engineering firm to assess the stability of the building to ensure safety of all users.