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So with spring just around the corner I was thinking today about summer weather and all these neighborhoods with community pools. I don't know much about pool maintenance but aren't most pools drained over the winter months? With the latest water restrictions communities will not be allowed to fill their pools with city of Raleigh water. Does anybody live in a neighborhood that has plans to truck in water? Will some neighborhood pools be left empty? If you pay HOA dues for the pool will you get a refund?
This isn't meant to be a Debbie downer post....I am honestly curious about all these community pools and what the future holds for them and the communities that rely on them during the hot summer. Hopefully it will rain 2' before July and we wouln't have to worry about this issue. In the absence of that though, is your neighborhood making alternative plans on ways to fill and maintain your community pool? I imagine this topic will be coming up at HOA meetings all over the Triangle in the near future as the warm months begin to approach.
Our neighborhood pool isn't drained, so hopefully we'll be in good shape. I would think if a neighborhood needed its pool filled they would find a way (a water truck) to do it. I can't see getting HOA fees reimbursed (although expenses should be reduced because the pool wasn't being cleaned daily and lifeguards wouldn't be needed). Honestly, with two little ones I can't imagine what we'd do if we didn't have the pool to go to this summer.
Not everyone drains their pools. For instance, my community did not drain the swimming pools this winter.
I was thinking about that. And again I don't know much about pools, but don't they need to be "topped off" each week to replenish lost water. I read somewhere that in addition to evaporation pools lose a lot of water each time a person gets out of the pool (The article I read stated that between 1-3 gallons of water are dragged out in your clothes and on your body).
If that is indeed the case, maybe people will need to stop wearing suits in the pool so they don't "drag" out so much water with them! Somehow I don't see that being a popular choice!
We have a pool, and I already told my daughter we would not be using it this summer.
She was not happy.
I would **hope** Pools are not filled. Maybe if we get some sort of awesome tropical depression sit on top of us for two weeks in July, but I have a feeling that isn't going to happen.
I was thinking about that. And again I don't know much about pools, but don't they need to be "topped off" each week to replenish lost water. I read somewhere that in addition to evaporation pools lose a lot of water each time a person gets out of the pool (The article I read stated that between 1-3 gallons of water are dragged out in your clothes and on your body).
If that is indeed the case, maybe people will need to stop wearing suits in the pool so they don't "drag" out so much water with them! Somehow I don't see that being a popular choice!
NRG, I've wondered about that, too. And for all of the same reasons you mentioned. I grew up in a house with a pool in a place where summers are virtually identical to what we get here in the Triangle. We periodically had to add water to the pool to replace what was lost through evaporation and from kids getting in & out, so I'm sure community pools have to do that, too.
I'll have to check with our neighborhood association & see what they plan to do. I know they've put off a lot of improvements (new flower beds and the like) because of the drought. Maybe other things will have to be put off, too.
There shouldn't be a problem to fill a pool unless the local government gets overly crazy. It normally costs $400 for a truck to fill a pool locally, and my understanding is you can get a truck from Kentucky to do it for $600... so there should be no reason for a pool to not be able to be filled.
We belong to a pool in Cary and haven't heard a single word about them not being able to fill the pool this summer.
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