Refilled pond at Goodale Park holding water
By Pamela Engel
After 10 frustrating months of ruined weddings, spoiled photographs and finger-pointing, the leaky pond at Goodale Park seems to be holding water.
“It was embarrassing that it was drained for as long as it was,” said Jacob Sternberg, a 37-year-old banker who lives nearby and visits the park a few times a week.
City Recreation and Parks officials and volunteers say they have finally conquered the leak that has troubled the pond since the Friends of Goodale Park had a 750,000-pound fountain installed last year.
In April, the city spent $144,600 to line the bottom of the pond with a clay called bentonite in hopes of stopping the leak.
When that didn’t work, Friends of Goodale Park stepped in and paid Procon Professional Construction Services $8,500 to install a rubberized lining around the base of the fountain last month.
The pond was filled from a fire hydrant on June 29 and seems to be holding, said Terri Leist, a recreation and parks spokeswoman.
For now, the fountain, topped by two elephants that spout water, remains dry.Leist said the city is working with a contractor to increase the amount of water pumped once the fountain is turned on.
Sternberg questioned whether the fountain was even worth it in the first place. “It’s very bland and boring-looking. There’s no color,” he said.
Liam Curran, a 26-year-old teaching assistant from Bexley, sympathized with city officials and park volunteers.
“It’s frustrating for them, I’m sure, just like it’s frustrating for us.”
On Tuesday afternoon, the water level was several inches below the top edge of the pond. The recent heat caused some water to evaporate, Leist said.
Officials still aren’t sure exactly what the source of the leak was, however, she said.
After 10 frustrating months of ruined weddings, spoiled photographs and finger-pointing, the leaky pond at Goodale Park seems to be holding water.
“It was embarrassing that it was drained for as long as it was,” said Jacob Sternberg, a 37-year-old banker who lives nearby and visits the park a few times a week.
City Recreation and Parks officials and volunteers say they have finally conquered the leak that has troubled the pond since the Friends of Goodale Park had a 750,000-pound fountain installed last year.
In April, the city spent $144,600 to line the bottom of the pond with a clay called bentonite in hopes of stopping the leak.
When that didn’t work, Friends of Goodale Park stepped in and paid Procon Professional Construction Services $8,500 to install a rubberized lining around the base of the fountain last month.
The pond was filled from a fire hydrant on June 29 and seems to be holding, said Terri Leist, a recreation and parks spokeswoman.
For now, the fountain, topped by two elephants that spout water, remains dry.Leist said the city is working with a contractor to increase the amount of water pumped once the fountain is turned on.
Sternberg questioned whether the fountain was even worth it in the first place. “It’s very bland and boring-looking. There’s no color,” he said.
Liam Curran, a 26-year-old teaching assistant from Bexley, sympathized with city officials and park volunteers.
“It’s frustrating for them, I’m sure, just like it’s frustrating for us.”
On Tuesday afternoon, the water level was several inches below the top edge of the pond. The recent heat caused some water to evaporate, Leist said.
Officials still aren’t sure exactly what the source of the leak was, however, she said.
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