On Feb 25, 6:49*pm, Bryce wrote:
Neighboring community announced they will not be
opening their municipalswimmingpoolthis summer
to save money. *They say it costs $100,000 to
operate for the season, but they must spend $50K
to mothball it while it's idle, so only $50K saved.

Wow. *What needs to be done to mothball apool?

I would cover the pool. Looploc can make a cover that big. You will
still have to run the pump for a few hours a day to keep the algae at
bay. That would mean you would have to treat the pool with chems and
clean the filter from time to time.

If you do not treat the water it will turn into a mess and would raise
the costs to open it next year. I have seen many pools "put to sleep"
and the result is not good. the PH level of untreated water tends to
pit the plaster and the algae roots embed deep into the pores of the
plaster making it a pain to remove. You can not leave a pool empty. If
you have a high water table it can float out of the ground like a boat
( they made boats out of concrete in WWII that took supplies across
the Atlantic FYI) . Pool plaster is designed to remain wet and takes a
few years to fully set.When plastering a pool as soon as the last
trowel of plaster is put on a pool they fill the pool asap. leaving a
pool empty can cause the plaster to come off the pool too. For more
info visit the worlds first online community for pool owners
http://community.poolcenter.com/
Myles McMorrow.