If Wyandotte County were required to pay a utility bill for its public facilities, it’s likely Parkwood Pool would’ve closed years ago. (Luckily, its deal with the Board of Public Utilities means that’s not the case.)
Constant upkeep on the public pool, including daily adjustments on its chemical levels, patching up fractured seams with hydraulic cement and extreme water loss due to inefficiencies keeps a small parks department maintenance team on the move during its busy season.
“We’re losing hundreds of gallons of water a day,” Angel Ferrera, director of Parks and Recreation at the Unified Government of Wyandotte County and Kansas City, Kansas, told The Beacon…