Many things have happened since the Opening of the Portage Credit Union Center Opening in 2010.

Most notably in the good column would be the hometown Portage Terriers winning the RBC Cup on home ice in 2015

In 2017 it will be getting a new name, as the Portage and Austin Credit Unions have merged to create the the Stride Credit Union. Perhaps then it can shed the notorious nicknames it has been called, PCU Center easily translates into the “Puke Center” for many residents.

But the one title it will never lose its association to will be the “Mistake by the Lake”

From the cushy deal made with shareholders of the Fair Board, and the following max borrowing by the RM of Portage to force farmers to pay for recreation in a neighboring town, the problems continue to manifest themselves

Sadly with the most recent pool issues causing closures again, The mistakes the 2006 City And RM of Portage la Prairie councils made are coming back to haunt us yet again.

Of the politicians who voted in favor of the complex in its current form, most chose to retire from politics before they could face the wrath of the electorate. Those that did run again were quickly shown the door.

Now with over 60 million dollars invested in this facility to date when including debenture interest costs and operating deficits, the bleed continues with an annual operating loss of 1.6 million dollars and untold losses from the current uncertain result of lawsuits.

It will be interesting to see what defense the building contractors have, and if their fingers point back to the councils that approved the Mistake by the Lake.

From The Daily Graphic Jan 4 2017

A new pool roof report reveals the City of Portage la Prairie and the RM may have fallen victim to bad advice: it got what it paid for, but not what it wanted!

The Portage Regional Recreation Authority (PRRA), the City of Portage la Prairie and the Rural Municipality released its findings Tuesday uncovered in a building assessments of the PCU Centre.

In a report completed by Winnipeg-based Testlabs International, it was learned recommended stainless steel purlins in the roof above the pool are rusting and cracking due to high levels of humidity and chlorine.
Since 2013, David Sattler, PRRA general manager, said spots on the roof were noticed, but discounted as possibly being dirt or oily spots. Subsequent work near the roof over the pool revealed the spotting was rust. At that time, Sattler explained, the PRRA decided to budget to sand and paint. Fast forward to Fall 2015, “we started having a few other things (go wrong) and spoke to legal counsel.”

The PRRA was advised to get a building condition assessment. In May 2016, the PRRA sent a climber to the roof to cut a sample. “In cutting this with a side grinder, the vibration actually made it fall off and into the pool.
“That was the first indication that this is a serious issue and that further work needed to be done,” Sattler said. Two 12-inch samples were determined to have stainless steel corrosion cracking.

Stainless steel is not a recommended product to be used in a high chlorine, high humidity environment, Sattler said. In August 2016, severe stress corrosion cracking was found in at least six purlins – the beams that transfer the load of the roof to the structural steel.
“The purlins are the wrong type of material for a pool and wrong design. It should have been known to those who were designing it that stainless steel reacted this way in a pool environment,” Sattler explained. “That essentially is our case on the pool roof.”

Subsequent research, Sattler learned since 1985 there has been more than one severe pool roof collapses in Eastern Europe “strictly because of stainless steel.”
A tour Tuesday of the pool area revealed areas in the water where metal debris from the roof – metal particles – was evident.
Sattler said with stainless steel structure corrosion cracking, “there are no signs before a collapse. It just happens. So far so good. Every snowfall is another question.”

“Samples were taken and it was determined there was stainless steel stress corrosion cracking,” said Sattler. “Essentially, being in a high chlorine and high humidity environment, stainless steel is not a recommended option (as purlin material) because it does not hold up well (in those conditions).”
Originally, plans had called for galvanized epoxy purlins to be used above the pool – which are more suited to the conditions of an indoor pool – but according to Sattler, a change order recommended by Crane Steel Structures Ltd. and brought to the city for approval, indicated that the stainless steel option was ordered under the pretence that there would be no additional upkeep or maintenance costs that can be associated with the epoxy covered purlins – which is why the city is pursuing legal action.

A Testlabs International report made available at the press conference also stated that “the structural designers and the persons supplying the Type 304 stainless steel purlins should have been aware of the severe corrosive environment existing at the ceiling height in indoor swimming pools,” and that “there is a significant body of corrosion engineering/ structural engineering knowledge in existence outlining the hazard of using Type 304 stainless steel for structural components in the ceiling space of indoor swimming pools for the approximate 18 years prior to the construction date of the Shindleman Aquatic Centre.”

As ongoing legal action unfolds, the city of Portage la Prairie plans to tender out the repair job by the beginning of March so work can begin to repair the roof come spring in order to meet the Oct. 2017 reopening date.

“We don’t have a time frame,” explains Ferris. “We have been told it could take years to wind its way through court. There is possibility that there is settlement outside of court – that’s up to the parties that are being taken to task. We are confident going forward we will be successful…this money will be recovered.”
The city and the RM will dip into their General Reserve Funds in order to cover costs with the expectation that the legal proceedings will recoup the money spent.
Despite two Colorado lows dumping record December snowfalls, the fear a major snow load on the roof might affect its ability to stand, has not happened.

“The structure is still standing,” Ferris said. “The information we were given at the end of August, we really felt that for the safety of our staff and for the users, the decision had to be made to close (the Shindelman Aquatic Centre) at the end of October because of the chance of a snowload. You can’t take that kind of chance.”
“It is important that we get this done, we have a lot of groups and individuals that use this pool and depend on it so we really want to limit the closure to the end of August,” said Portage la Prairie Mayor Irvine Ferris. “We are very confident going forward that we will be successful (with the legal action being taken). This money will be recovered. We feel that citizens of Portage la Prairie and the RM did not get what they paid for here.”

But the roof is not the only problem. The dehumidification system in the pool area is lacking. “It is not designed for a pool. It doesn’t provide enough dehumidification for the size of the pool.”

The concrete under the Portage Mutual floor is being monitored – a building condition report does not indicate any other major structural concerns with the centre’s foundation – with core samples taken Dec. 22, 2016. “We won’t hear back with results for six to 10 weeks” Sattler said. “The core sample that was taken was to determine the grade of concrete used underneath the ice surface. The concrete that was used underneath the ice surface area appears not (recommended) to be frozen or thawed. The concern there is, is it is crumbling?”

A building envelope assessment conducted by KGS Group uncovered that the pool’s duct system was improperly installed along with ventilation. The ducts were installed at ceiling level, rather than at floor level like a typical pool air distribution design suggests. As a result, the units exhaust 56 per cent more air than required.
It is expected that KGS Group will release another report documenting repair costs in the coming weeks.

The pre-engineered building system for the pool was $2,667,000 with additional change order costs of $135,600 for a total of $2,802,600. Ferris said it is not known yet how much the city and RM is suing for.

As ongoing legal action unfolds, the city of Portage la Prairie plans to tender out the repair job by the beginning of March so work can begin to repair the roof come spring in order to meet the Oct. 2017 reopening date.

“We don’t have a time frame,” explains Portage la Prairie Mayor Irvine Ferris. “We have been told it could take years to wind its way through court. There is possibility that there is settlement outside of court – that’s up to the parties that are being taken to task. We are confident going forward we will be successful…this money will be recovered.”

The city and the RM will dip into their General Reserve Funds in order to cover costs with the expectation that the legal proceedings will recoup the money spent.
Despite two Colorado lows dumping record December snowfalls, the fear a major snow load on the roof might affect its ability to stand, has not happened.

“The structure is still standing,” Ferris said. “The information we were given at the end of August, we really felt that for the safety of our staff and for the users, the decision had to be made to close (the Shindelman Aquatic Centre) at the end of October because of the chance of a snowload. You can’t take that kind of chance.”
“It is important that we get this done, we have a lot of groups and individuals that use this pool and depend on it so we really want to limit the closure to the end of August,” said Ferris. “We are very confident going forward that we will be successful (with the legal action being taken). This money will be recovered. We feel that citizens of Portage la Prairie and the RM did not get what they paid for here.”

But the roof is not the only problem. The dehumidification system in the pool area is lacking. “It is not designed for a pool. It doesn’t provide enough dehumidification for the size of the pool.”

The concrete under the Portage Mutual floor is being monitored – a building condition report does not indicate any other major structural concerns with the centre’s foundation – with core samples taken Dec. 22, 2016. “We won’t hear back with results for six to 10 weeks” Sattler said. “The core sample that was taken was to determine the grade of concrete used underneath the ice surface. The concrete that was used underneath the ice surface area appears not (recommended) to be frozen or thawed. The concern there is, is it is crumbling?”

A building envelope assessment conducted by KGS Group uncovered that the pool’s duct system was improperly installed along with ventilation. The ducts were installed at ceiling level, rather than at floor level like a typical pool air distribution design suggests. As a result, the units exhaust 56 per cent more air than required.
It is expected that KGS Group will release another report documenting repair costs in the coming weeks.

The pre-engineered building system for the pool was $2,667,000 with additional change order costs of $135,600 for a total of $2,802,600. Ferris said it is not known yet how much the city and RM is suing for.

From Portage Online.com Jan 3 2017

The legal process the City of Portage la Prairie, RM of Portage la Prairie and Portage Regional Recreation Authority (PRRA) launched against contractors and engineers involved in the PCU Centre construction appears to be moving forward.

In a release today, PRRA says it, the City and RM filed a statement of claim against the defendants — Tower Engineering Group Limited Partnership, Tower Engineering Group Inc., Stuart Olson Construction Ltd, Stantec Architecture Ltd., Stantec Consulting Ltd., Ambassador Mechanical Corp and Crane Steel Structures — Dec. 23.

The claim seeks special damages, damages to compensate the cost of remedial work, general damages, related costs and other relief as the case may require. There is no indiciation yet from the City, RM or PRRA on what those costs may total.

Mayor Irvine Ferris says the legal process could take years to fully resolve. The City and RM will share repair costs in the interim. As per the funding agreement between the municipalities, the City will cover two-thirds of of capital investments, while the RM pays one-third. For resulting operational PRRA deficits, the city covers three-quarters and the RM one-quarter.

“These repairs have to be paid for as they go and we won’t necessarily have a settlement from the court before the bill comes due,” Mayor Ferris says.

The Shindleman Aquatic Centre has been closed since Oct. 31 due to structural safety concerns with the pool’s roof under a heavy snow load.

PRRA also released the findings of reports commissioned by two engineering firms, KGS Group and TestLabs International, to assess the condition and safety of the PCU Centre in Portage la Prairie. The PRRA says the studies were ordered after PCU Centre staff noticed issues such as “insufficient insulation, excessive condensation and rusting of the building structure.”

According to the KGS report, the roof beams showed signs of corrosion and cracking. The roof system at the pool is missing some columns and beam flange braces. It also identified many issues tied to humidity and air control in the pool, stating “the supply and return air duct arrangement does not follow a typical pool air distribution design.”

Along with urging the closure of the pool during winter 2016, the KGS report urged further investigation — including destructive investigation — to determine the cause of condensation problems on the building. It also suggested missing structural components be installed immediately.

The TestLabs report further analyzed the stainless steel roof beams, also finding stress corrosion cracking. The report explains the cracks are causing “severe deterioration” of the roof beams. It concluded the “thousands of stress corrosion cracks” in the beams will continually grow in size with continued pool use — making it unsafe. The TestLab report further says the structural designers and those who supply the steel beams used for the pool’s roof should have been aware of the corrosive environment existing at the ceiling height of indoor swimming pools.

PRRA general manager David Sattler says the original design plans for the aquatic centre roof called for a galvanized epoxy painted steel, but a recommendation was made by Crane Steel Structures — one of the named defendants in the court filing — to switch to stainless steel.

“Under the pretense that with this option there will be no additional upkeep or maintenance costs that can associated with epoxy covered (beams),” Sattler says. “… That was brought to the City and RM, and the change order was approved based on the recommendation from the contractors that it would be a better product.”

RM of Portage la Prairie Deputy Reeve Roy Tufford says “as public officials we’re not experts on these things, that’s why we hire consulting engineers to tell us what to do. And obviously we didn’t get the best advice.”

The recommendations of both the KGS and TestLabs reports led to the closure of the aquatic centre, the PRRA says.

A third report prepared by KGS inspected the conditions of the remainder of the PCU Centre. It identified several breaches in the building causing drafts, cold spaces, frozen sprinkler pipes, water infiltration condensation and insect entrances.

There were also structural concerns identified in the arenas in the report: “… the pre-engineered metal building systems of the two arenas are missing cross-bracing and rigid frame flange braces which are required for the overall structural integrity of the bulidings.” KGS recommended consulting with pre-engineered manufacturers to confirm missing components, and replace immediately if required.

Sattler says these missing bracers in the arenas have already been replaced, and there are presently no structural concerns with the PCU Centre, aside from the pool’s roof.

A mechanical systems review was also commissioned, and found a lack of fire sealing of the mechanical room, lack of controls in the design of the ice plant heat recovery system, missing insulation on the heating system serving one of the arenas and inadequate heating in the multi-purpose room and entrance stairs.

KGS is also preparing another report that explores the costs to repair structural issues and other concerns identified. Sattler says costs tied to all the major items identified in the report, including: the aquatic centre roof, the concrete of the Portage Mutual Arena, the dehumidification system in the pool and the PCU Centre heat recovery system, are being sought as damages. Other minor issues will be absorbed by the PRRA.

“Some of them, it’s more costly to include it in the legal battle than it is to repair ourselves,” Sattler explains.

None of the reports’ findings change the current course of action and plan to re-open the pool by September 2017, Ferris and Sattler explain. Requests for proposals will be issued at the end of January, and the hope is to have a tender awarded by late February or early March, allowing the pool roof repairs to commence as soon as the weather allows it.

The job will require the total replacement of the roof at the Shindleman Aquatic Centre. That includes the stainless steel beams, and everything that sits above them, the dehumidification system, ducts and sprinklers, Sattler explains.

From the Daily Graphic June 14 2013

The PCU Centre has been surrounded by controversy from the beginning. The complaints about it are so strong and numerous, a stranger to Portage la Prairie might think it’s a dump.

Portagers don’t realize how good they have it with the PCU Centre. Other Canadian communities have recreation facilities that could only be classified as dismal. Rinks with lighting so dim players practically have to wear mining helmets to find the puck — and to have a weight room and pool on site was considered a pipe dream for most.

That being said, there are issues with the centre for which both the Portage Regional Recreation Authority and the contractor need to be held accountable.

Firstly, the contractor should have known better or shouldn’t have been so greedy as to cut corners that pose safety risks to patrons of the centre. The lack of roof top scuppers, eavestroughs and downspouts to provide proper drainage of water is more than an oversight.

How much would it have cost to put in a few scuppers, eavestroughs and downspouts in the first place? A quick search online finds scuppers priced around $100 each, eavestroughs for about $400 for a pack of 10 and downspouts for less than $10. Granted, the pricing is certainly more in the thousands of dollars than hundreds due to the size of the building, but was saving a few thousand dollars out of $43 million really worth it for these contractors? Perhaps most alarming is the fact that the only scupper on the building was put right above an exit door, causing water to drain and freeze right where visitors can slip and fall. The PRRA is lucky no one has filed a lawsuit.

Secondly, the PRRA needs to be accountable for the fact they either never checked that work was done correctly or they had someone doing it for them who didn’t know what to look for.

Anyone buying a house, if they’re smart, will have a home inspection done by a certified home inspector to ensure that what they are buying is worth the money they are willing to spend on it. If millions of Canadians have the sense to do a home inspection prior to purchase, why then did the PRRA not have the common sense to inspect the building as construction progressed to guarantee that it was being built as it should have?

While the PRRA lucked out with fixing the leak in the pool under warranty, that should have been the first sign that perhaps they should check all construction before it cost them more money in the long run.

Congratulations to the new operations manager, Randy Miller, who raised the issue of the roof last year with the PRRA board. He seems to be the only one who took the initiative and had the common sense to see that something was not right with the building’s drainage.

And let’s not forget that the minimum life expectancy of the PCU Centre is 70 years. That’s 70 years of repair work. Last year, the authority paid $65,000 in building maintenance costs. How much of the repair work to be done in the future will be due to normal wear and tear — and how much will of it will be due to a contractor’s negligence and an authority’s lack of initiative?

From The Daily Graphic June 3 2013

The Portage Regional Recreation Authority sent out a tender this week for repairs, modification and drainage work to be performed on the PCU Centre’s roof.

Although the centre has only been open for three years and cost more than $43 million to build, faulty construction has caused the board to green light repairs.

“The issue we have is on the south side by the atrium. There’s an exit and they put the scupper basically right on top of the door. So, that’s where the water falls and it ices up and people slip and fall,” said David Sattler, general manager of the PRRA.

Aside from the issues on the south side all the scuppers on the building, other than the south side, have no eaves troughs or down spouts, which has led to water falling onto the concrete below forming ice patches during the colder months.

“This is more about safety, especially with the spring thaws that we have,” said Sattler, noting sections of the sidewalk on the south and north sides of the building will be cut to let water drain underneath the concrete thus eliminating ice patches.

“It’s a little safer for users of the building because we want everyone to come and enjoy the facility,” said Sattler.

The new facility operations manger raised the drainage issue last year, but the board couldn’t do anything until it had a budget review.

Costs are estimated to be in the thousands, but an official number won’t be known until all the tenders are submitted to the PRRA.

“We were really holding out to get a grant so that’s why we’re starting later; we found out we don’t qualify, but one thing that we made sure when working with the board and administration with the budget is that the funds were available regardless if the grant was available or not,” said Sattler.

This isn’t the first time the centre has needed repairs since it opened in 2010. The pool at the aquatic centre leaked within the first year causing it to shut down until repairs were completed. Luckily, the bill was covered under warrantee and cost the PRRA nothing to repair. Unfortunately, unlike the pool, the recreational authority can’t take legal action against the construction company who built the centre as the warrantee is expired.

“Unfortunately, this should have been done right the first time by the contractors, but they weren’t. So, now we’re on the hook to pay for it,” said Earl Porter, chair of the PRRA.

The city paid the lion’s share of $22 million to fund the centre’s construction and will foot 75 per cent of the repair bill with 25 per cent covered by the Rural Municipality of Portage la Prairie.

The authority paid $65,000 last year in building maintenance costs and Sattler estimates that figure to rise as the building ages. It has a minimum life expectancy of 70 years.

“We went though our honeymoon phase, where everything was new and you’re getting everything going. Now, it’ll be to the part where you’ll perform maintenance on things … We’re trying to pin point the things that are necessary to be done annually or in a scheduled time and trying to make sure those are budgeted in because we really need to be on top of things like that,” he said, adding the PRRA is steadily building their reserve.

“We hopefully will be able to maintain our reserve so that it can cover any issue that would pop up,” said Sattler.

Other than roof repairs, the PRRA is also looking to upgrade the green space at the front of the building.

“We’re hoping to spruce it up a little. Right now, it still has a lot of construction based materials there, like gravel. If it wasn’t for the dandelions it would look like a rock pit so we’re really going to try and look at doing something there,” said Sattler, adding the flowerbeds will also be upgraded by integrating rocks into the design in order to reduce maintenance costs.

Repairs to the roof are expected to be completed by mid-October.

From The Daily Graphic Feb 25 2011

The PCU Centre pool is still closed for the time being, but is expected to reopen on schedule for March 14.

Portage Mayor Earl Porter, who is the vice chairman with the Portage Regional Recreation Authority (PRRA) board, confirmed the Shindleman Aquatic Centre pool repairs are going smoothly and he is looking forward to the pool being open again.

“I’ll feel a lot better when there is water in it and there are kids swimming,” he said. “I am happy they are all gung ho to get it fixed, everyone.”

Porter also confirmed the foundation of the pool is in good order and said there is no truth to any rumour the foundation of the pool may be cracked.

Last week some cement trucks were at the PCU Centre as workers were busy putting grout under the pad of the pool, around the main drain boxes, which are located at the bottom of the pool at the deep end side.

Dave Green, facility operations manager with PRRA, also confirmed the pool repairs are progressing as planned.

While it was only one drain that had cracked and needed repairs, when crews were fixing the problem they are also put on some grouting as a way to further reinforce and protect all the main drain boxes.

“This is just extra reinforcement,” Green said of the grouting work.

The treated water from the pool that was removed at the time of the repair work was diverted to the city’s sewer system.

The ground water that was lowered was instead directed to the lake.

“They pump the ground water to get the level down, so they can get underneath that pool. That water is just pumped out onto the lake ,” said Porter.

The construction of the pool is such that there is a concrete pad at the bottom of the pool. On top of that is the pool liner. And there is ground water under the pad, or the concrete bottom of the pool.

The ground water needed to be pumped down so the workers were able to put in the grout in doing their work.

“Once the grout is in, then the pressure goes back into the pool,” said Porter,” because of the water going into the pool. That holds the pool down and holds the ground water down.”

He added the water table is high in the area generally now, because of the amount of snowfall experienced this winter causing saturation of the soil.

“It is unusual that it is that high, but that is why the (workers) had to pump it out,” said Porter, who added because the water table is high all over in the region there is more concern with spring flooding this year.

While crews are making the pool repairs, they are also in the process of fixing a small sprinkler in the shallow end of the pool in the children’s play area that hasn’t been working properly.

With regard to the PCU Centre itself, the PRRA is aware of some rust on the rafters of the second arena.

Dave Green said when this arena was being built the steel rafters, running across the inside ceiling, were scratched in the process, so they will need to be fixed.

Porter mentioned the work will be done in July. He confirmed this is under warranty also.

It will involve putting on a rust-proof paint over the rafters.

“We spoke to the people in charge and they are going to have somebody come out, when the ice is out of the rink, to fix it,” said Porter. “If they are going to be painting in there, they don’t want to drop stuff on the ice. So they have to leave it until the ice is out of there, which will be in July some time.”

As well, Porter said all of the PCU Centre work is all under warranty.

The PRRA has made a complete list of any other small deficiencies it has noticed with the PCU Centre project since it opened.

“They are making arrangements to have those things remedied,” Porter said. “It’s mostly minor stuff.”

Porter mentioned the pool was under a one-year warranty and any work that went into repairing it, including hiring any outside companies, is completely covered. As well, Porter said when the repairs are complete, the pool will be protected under a new full year warranty from that date forward.

“We’ve asked them to extend the warranty on the pool from when it is fixed and full of water again, (to) give us another year,” said Porter.

From The Daily Graphic Feb 1 2011

It must be hard to be Jennifer Sarna this week.

The head of the Portage Regional Recreational Authority is on the front lines of media enquiries as to why and how the Shindleman Aquatic Centre pool at the PCU Centre has sprung not one, but two leaks. She’s on the front lines despite the fact the leaks are not her fault.

Already a contentious issue, the Daily Graphic knew when we broke the story the reaction on our website would be swift – and overwhelmingly negative.

We were unfortunately right.

And when Ms. Sarna sent out a press release saying the pool needed to be shut down due to an “operational” problem, of course we were going to ask her for the real story behind the vague headline, which she provided. The pool had sprung a second, more serious leak.

Here’s the real concern.

The problem isn’t the leaks. This is a construction issue that is currently being taken care of, as Ms. Sarna and City Manager Dale Lyle, has told us. The leaks are being looked at by the construction company, the cost of the repairs is under warranty and the bill to taxpayers will be minimal.

The real problem is that council knew about it and did their best to not tell anyone.

The City knew about the leak weeks before it trickled down to our ears- and it was serious enough that the pool would need to be shut down eventually.

We understand the fact they didn’t want anyone to worry or panic. But all the current elected councillors, and the mayor, ran on a platform of transparency and accountability.

This is a poor first showing. The PCU Centre is still a controversial issue, and avoiding the problem – especially when they were going to have to tell us eventually – just makes it more so.

From The Daily Graphic Jan 13 2011

The pool has been shut down and won’t reopen for a good two weeks. The Portage Regional Recreation Authority announced Thursday the pool would be temporarily closed due to “operational malfunctions.”

Translation: It’s sprung another leak.

“It looks like there is a significant drop in water,” said Jennifer Sarna, executive director with PRRA, adding it appears this leak has nothing to do with the first leak, reported last week.

Sarna said they are working on the problem to quickly get it resolved.

The Shindleman Aquatic Centre closed at noon Thursday and will continue to be shut down while repairs are being done.

The pool manufacturer from Ontario, Hollandia, has been called in to immediately examine the situation.

“We really don’t know if it is a pipe leak or a liner leak,” Sarna said. “It is too early to tell right now.”

On Thursday Sarna said staff were busy trying to manage the loss of water, making sure it is contained and controlled, so it did not do any damage to the mechanical and electrical areas of the pool.

It is not known how long it will take to repair the leak, said Sarna, until after the problem area has been identified.

Dave Green, facility operations manager, said the representatives from the pool manufacturer are flying to Portage Saturday to make the repairs.

He said water levels in the pool had gone down by about two- thirds as of about 4:30 p.m. Thursday and the pool was fully emptied by 4 a.m. Friday.

The lifeguards first noticed the water levels in the pool dropping at about 11:15 a.m. Thursday.

Green said it appears the leak is in the deep-end part of the pool. “It’s a major problem now, it’s not a minor (one)” said Green. “We don’t know if it’s related to the initial leak we had.”

The water that was leaking was diverted into the city’s sewer system. “Everything is OK right now, we have a line in to the sewer ” said Green.

Green confirmed the second leak in the pool Friday.

He said after the problem with the pool is determined and repaired, the pool will then need to be refilled and the water balanced and reheated again, which is expected to take about a week.

“It takes a while to get it back in service again,” said Green.

The pool is still under warranty, added Green, referring to any estimated costs for repairs.

“It is going to be nice to have it fixed, but it is always a worry as to what caused this,” Green said.

Sarna says every attempt will be made to reschedule activities.

“It will depend on the situation. So we will work with them as best as we can to accommodate the reschedule, or if there is something that would qualify for a refund,” she said.