Every summer since 1922, locals and tourists have flocked to Garden Citys Big Pool. Once promoted as the worlds largest outdoor free concrete municipal swimming pool, it holds around 2 million gallons of water. Holds might now be an overstatement.
The Big Pool leaks. A lot.
Around 200,000 gallons of water from the pool seep into the ground per day even after renovations that replaced pipes and sealed cracks in the concrete.
Even for a pool of its size, the water loss is excessive, according to Fred Jones, Garden Citys water resource manager. Its kinda to the point where we feel like its probably nearing the end of its service life.