Multiple infrastructure issues with the Wells Community Pool have the Bluffton Parks Department looking to build something new.
This replacement comes after a master plan survey was conducted in 2022, with swimming voted as the top recreational activity in the area. A liner was installed years ago after there were leaks in the foundation and walls, but Parks Department Superintendent Brandy Fiechter stated that the liner is beyond its life cycle.
New lining would cost the department approximately $200,000 by itself. Fiechter said the patch work needed would become financial unsustainable — there are issues with exposed joints around the pool deck, difficulty in getting replacement parts for the slides, rust and metal flakes in the pumping system, cracked masonry in the pool house, and problems with the baby pool’s filter system…