It's using too much water.

More than a myth, this one. It's as near to a barefaced lie as you can get. Below are the official figures comparing the major pools.

Water Consumption - Shoalhaven Aquatic Centres

	Bomaderry Aquatic Centre	Bay and Basin Leisure Centre	Ulladulla Leisure Centre	Sussex Inlet Aquatic Centre	Nowra Pool
Consumption Last financial year (kL)	10032	6397	16316	2094	9343

Period Ending	Daily Average	Daily Average	Daily Average	Daily Average	Daily Average
31/08/2009	21.3	13.7	56.9	0.8	2.0
31/07/2009	21.4	15.9	42.7	5.1	2.9
26/06/2006	23.7	12.0	56.4	6.1	1.5
1/06/2009	71.6	12.2	44.1	6.4	1.5
30/04/2009	21.9	13.6	54.0	4.9	2.5
31/03/2009	34.2	33.8	50.6	7.2	50.1
27/02/2009	29.4	16.5	44.0	5.5	38.0
30/01/2009	23.0	21.2	41.7	6.3	37.5
30/12/2009	20.9	17.3	45.6	6.3	44.7
1/12/2008	21.4	14.9	36.9	6.4	45.4
31/10/2008	21.1	16.3	46.7	11.9	61.9
1/10/2008	21.5	16.6	78.1	14.5	24.2

Source: Shoalhaven City Council 17 September 2009

What these figures don't tell, and the Pool Closers won't tell...

� Bay and Basin Leisure Centre and Ulladulla have water saving devices including water recovery off the roof. These water saving devices supply up to 40% of the water used in the pool. You can well imagine what the figures would be if they hadn't built in these.

� The bulk of water usage for Nowra Pool in winter is for backwashing of filters, lawn and garden use and showers.

� The Nowra pool holds 40% more water than any other equivalent 50 m pool in the area because of the deep diving end and therefore the initial fill takes more water. Other pools do not have deep diving facilities.

� The figures for the Ulladulla Centre really bring the whole matter back into perspective a total water usage for the year of 16.3 million litres.

MYTH BUSTED

Nowra Pool does not have the significant water leakage problems reported

Coodabeen Shire Councillor's Arithmetic