Tauranga City Aquatics Limited is launching a new annual membership to the Mount Hot Pools today in conjunction with their unofficial re-opening at 4pm.
They are reopening after they were closed in May for emergency repairs owing to leaks.
Works at the Mount Hot Pools are complete. Photo from August.
TCAL chief executive officer Tania Delahunty is grateful for the patience of the community through the pools' closure.
'The Mount Hot Pools is a treasured facility and we know the community can't wait to use them again,” says Tania.
'In conjunction with re-opening we are launching a much anticipated annual aquatic membership that includes unlimited access to the hot pools.”
The 18 week closure allowed workers to repair an emergency leak in the underground pipes.
The leak was forcing colder top up water into the pools' filtration system at a much higher rate than the aged plant could manage – dropping the pool temperature.
Tania says visitors will be able to see little visible difference to the pools, despite the closure and work that has taken place over the last four months.
This is because most of the work occurred underground and is related to the pipes under the concourse.
'However, you will notice the lighting levels have changed significantly and we've undertaken some minor maintenance on the buildings such as the repainting of the toddler's pool.”
During the closure all the pipes and plant have been replaced, where practical, and the heat exchange has been sent away and recoated to ensure maximum heating efficiencies. Pressure testing in the hot water delivery pipes of the women's showers had revealed a leak, which explained the hot water issues in some of the change rooms and private spas.
'This has been solved by the installation of new pipe deliveries on the interior ceilings and new mixers have been installed in some showers.”
Tania says in undertaking any of the works, TCAL maintained it would not put funding into works that would later become redundant with any future redevelopment.
Next week there will be discounted entry, an on-site radio station, sausage sizzle and giveaways. The official opening is on Saturday, October 1.
5 comments
Bring
Posted on 21-09-2011 12:44 | By Capt_Kaveman
the pools back to the people or council controled
@ Capt Kaveman
Posted on 21-09-2011 13:46 | By PLONKER
Best answer for sure, however the fact is it looses to much money and has to much debt, that would be the needle that broke the camals back as it were for TCC, they have to keep it all separate and hidden to stave off a Commissioner being appointed.
pools are a cost
Posted on 21-09-2011 16:07 | By festino lente
In the main public use pools are not designed to make money. They are provided for the public good, and thus are costs. Unless you apply a true user pays model whereby costs for users could well be significant to the point of discouraging use, you will always be seeing a loss. Look at any of the public pools in NZ and you will see this. Pools in larger areas such as mel/sydney etc whilst also receiving public funding , have via volume of use, the ability to look toward breakeven. We have too few people using pools and too many pools. Yet we want them to make money. Will never happen
WET FACE
Posted on 21-09-2011 22:21 | By STRAITAS
OHH Can't wait to try out the pools been a long time. LOOK OUT 6.00am FRIDAY I'll be there
@ festino
Posted on 22-09-2011 09:29 | By SpeakUp
We ratepayers don't mind to fund worthwhile public services and hotpool facilities fall within. What we do not like is when leeches latch onto Council subsidies and cronyism colludes to feed these parasites to the degree of (for example) $ 170000 for the deputy mayor's role as CEO. These people have abused ratepayers money and have to be sacked, investigated and prosecuted. -Citizens Monitoring Council-
Leave a Comment
You must be logged in to make a comment.