Maple Ridge Leisure Centre needs $5-million upgrade

It was a showcase three decades ago, but now the Maple Ridge Leisure Centre is leaking water and staff dont know where its going, only that it needs to be stopped.

Otherwise, with water leaking from the pipes beneath the swimming pool decks, the ground could become soaked and the pool could weaken.

That problem can be fixed as part of $5.5-million refit and repair, if council gives the go ahead next week to start design work.

Mostly, what were talking about is under the pool deck, mechanical, pool filtration, plumbing, said parks and recreation general manager Kelly Swift.

The problems were listed in July and on Monday staff will sketch out a work and design plan to fix that, among other problems at the centre.

In addition to leaky pipes, filtration and mechanical systems need work.

For example, the 35-year-old filters that keep the pool water clean cant keep up with the number of people using the pool. And when they break down, replacement parts have to be custom made, which is costly.

When it comes to sanitizing the water, a new treatment system is needed, instead of the chlorine gas used now, which has leaked and resulted in evacuations of the pool.

Once the pipes are repaired and the leakage of significant volumes of treated, heated and chlorinated water is stopped, energy costs will be saved.

No timeline has been set for the renovations, which will require the pools to shut down so the decks can be dug up and pipes replaced.

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Maple Ridge Leisure Centre needs $5-million upgrade