Leak repaired; pool could re-open Saturday
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Photo by Dan Lassiter
Ron Sutterlin of Sutterlin Restorations cleans dirt and old caulking material from the expansion joints in the Palmer Park wading pool.
JANESVILLE — Palmer Park Wading Pool could be open as early as Saturday after city staff repair the source of a leak that emptied 50,000 gallons of water.
Tom Malone, city management analyst, said the water leaked through a 2-foot section of failed caulking in the concrete floor. City technicians resealed the gaps Wednesday and will allow repairs to dry for two days before reopening the pool.
City Recreation Director Bonnie Davis said the pool opening might be delayed until Sunday or Monday if it rains during that time. Scattered thunderstorms have been forecast for late Thursday night and part of Friday.
Davis said a child in the pool might have removed caulking or it could have loosened through normal wear and tear.
Malone said the city performs yearly maintenance on the pool and that it was recaulked last year.
“Each year, the pool experiences some issue like this, just due to the age of the facilities,” Malone said. “There’s always some issues to work through.”
The pool is more than 70 years old, but Malone said it was the caulking that failed, not the pool itself.
City staff initially questioned whether the 50,000 gallons of water that leaked into the ground below the pool would cause any negative environmental effects, given the chemicals placed in the pool to keep it clean. However, city water treatment officials said those chemicals would be inert, meaning they do not react with any other elements or compounds. Malone said there would be no environmental impact.
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Jun 21, 2010 at 1:33 p.m.
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So has Palmer Park opened up again?
Jun 21, 2010 at 1:33 p.m.
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So has the Park opened up again?
Jun 19, 2010 at 12:13 p.m.
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motherland is the soviets. I grew up in a fatherland and i am thinking that you try to call me a crazy person but i care not in least because i know waht I know and Hitler was not ever mean to me or my mother and was nice and that is all i have to say!
Jun 19, 2010 at 10:34 a.m.
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Follow up by Gazette- YEAH right!
Jun 19, 2010 at 9:42 a.m.
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So...is it open? No one answering downtown, nothing posted here.
Jun 18, 2010 at 4:13 p.m.
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Pick my up on your way frogger. I could use a splash!
Jun 18, 2010 at 4:03 p.m.
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I am an adult- maybe I will go!!
Jun 18, 2010 at 4:02 p.m.
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I recall when I was younge people being angree if older kids were in the water. WHO cares!
Jun 18, 2010 at 3:56 p.m.
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I think someone left some screws behind in the mother land
Jun 18, 2010 at 3:19 p.m.
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Herr Hitler was very friendly wit my mother and never mean to her. I have pictures that are nice and show the friendleness in his eyes. He was a nice guy.
Jun 18, 2010 at 2:40 p.m.
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From what I have read...Hitler had MANY kids by MANY different women. It seems he wanted to spread his goodness around.
Jun 18, 2010 at 1:57 p.m.
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My my all this talk of nazis like all are bad. The Fuehrer was a nice guy when you got to know him as were many of the ladies he employed at th reichstag where my mother worked on the nights
Jun 18, 2010 at 1:35 p.m.
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why would anyone get so worked up about teenagers in a waiting pool? I would have told the Nazi My little cousin was swimming, and I had to watch out for her..14 year olds have NOTHING to do in Janesville, or Beloit for that matter>> yelling at teenagers for being at a park is par behavior for some up tight nosey people>>> Don't know why but honestly I find it upsetting.
Jun 18, 2010 at 12:36 p.m.
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Is the "big fat woman wearing a bikini" and the "Nazi hag, pain in the arse lady that was throwing a fit" the same person?
Jun 18, 2010 at 12:29 p.m.
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I agree I think the pool was deeper long ago when they had the slide. Very deep in center near slide and shallow at the edges. I did not like the slide. I went down once and was under water. I didn't do it again.
Interesting, I didn't know it was around that long ago.
Jun 18, 2010 at 11:22 a.m.
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I also remember the pool being deeper. The slide, I have a funny story on that one. Me and kids were there one day, back in the 80's and this big fat woman wearing a bikini (gag) climbed up there and got STUCK! The Gazette was there that day taking pictures, I wish they would have got one of her, it was hilarious!
Jun 18, 2010 at 8:27 a.m.
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I laughd a lot when I saw the post about the wading pool nazi! I knew Hitler when I was small boy and one time Herr Hitler kicked all of the children inclueding myself out of a wading pool in Berlin . I still do not know why to this day but that made me laugh a lot when I read it. I had forgotten until I read that
Jun 18, 2010 at 8:05 a.m.
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theone = You are like very LAME :)
Jun 18, 2010 at 12:44 a.m.
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It's the same pool...it's all relevant as far as depth.
When you were a child Sarah...how long were your legs relative to the depth of the water?
How long are your legs now?
Jun 18, 2010 at 12:16 a.m.
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jayem....what is "When I was like 14"..you mean you really weren't 14...just "like" it?
What is the difference between being "like 14" and "like 15?"
Jun 17, 2010 at 9:55 p.m.
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How is the wading pool 70 years old...I remember a massive reno sometime late 80's?? Cause when I was a kid it had a huge slide and than it was redone.
Jun 17, 2010 at 4:15 p.m.
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Blame BP.
Jun 17, 2010 at 4:06 p.m.
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Davis said a child in the pool may have removed the caulking. Toddlers these days are really into that flavored caulking.
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