Western Financial Place crews were able to locate an issue with the wave pool’s heat exchanger before it became a larger issue.
“The wave pool was struggling to come to temperature,” said Recreation and culture director Trevor Thors.
“Staff through their regular checks saw that the flow metres and pressure valves were fluctuating up and down.”
The issue was an abundance of sand clogging pipes and not the heat exchanger, which Thors says certainly would have been costly.
“A kudos to our team. It’s gotten to a pint where we’re fixing problems before they become big problems.”
Thors says some sand is normal but they found broken laterals in the pool filter which was causing the buildup.
Once the filter was replaced and pipes unblocked, water flow was restored and both pressure and temperature returned to optimal levels.
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