Pool Shutdown
Pool shutdown is an important part of the annual preventative maintenance cycle of our Aquatic Facility. This cycle keeps your pool healthy and functional and helps reduce maintenance related service impacts throughout the year.
Regular pool shutdown work includes deep cleaning the pool basins, steam room, showers, and change rooms, replacing chipped tiles and regrouting deteriorated sections, applying fresh grip paint to the pool deck and railings, and servicing pumps.
Pool Shutdown 2022
The annual pool shutdown at the Dr. Duncan Murray Recreation Centre is scheduled from May 2 to June 26, 2022.
This year’s shutdown is taking place in spring, and for a longer duration than usual, due to there being no pool shutdown in 2021 and to accommodate the greater amount of work scheduled.
Some of this work requires warmer temperatures to complete, and additional planned preventative work needs to be completed to ensure service interruptions are limited going forward into the summer months.
Major mechanical work planned for the 2022 pool shutdown includes:
- Make Up Air Unit (MAU) work (this unit provides the pool deck with tempered fresh air)
- Mechanical Room work, including the servicing of boilers and heat exchangers, and some electrical, piping and insulation work
- Sand Vessel replacement (filters that use sand to filter the impurities out of the water)
- Main pool expansion seam and cap inspections and potential replacement of the seam
During shutdown, Dr. Duncan Murray Recreation Centre passholders can use their passes to swim at Jasper Fitness & Aquatic Centre and Edson & District Leisure Centre. Annual passholders automatically receive an additional month on their pass upon purchase which covers the pool shutdown period. We recognize that shutdown is scheduled to be longer this year and passes affected will be assessed accordingly.
For questions about passes, call the Dr. Duncan Murray Recreation Centre Customer Service desk at 780-865-4412. For additional information on upcoming pool programming, please connect with Alexa McEachern, Aquatic Supervisor at 780-740-8063 or amceachern@hinton.ca.
2020/21: Pool Shutdown/COVID-19 Closures
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the pool was closed from March 13 to September 14, 2020, December 13, 2020 to January 21, 2021, and May 8 to June 14, 2021.
While our facility was closed, both the Aquatic and Maintenance departments worked diligently to accomplish as much work as they could to mitigate closures once the Town was able to reopen to the public.
Aquatics staff acidized, painted and deep cleaned the facility, undertook program development, inventory and an SWP update/review, while Maintenance completed tasks including servicing pumps, and boiler maintenance.
2019: September 3 - October 2
Some of the aquatics and maintenance tasks completed during the 2019 shutdown included:
- The installation of 2 new boilers for both the Hot Tub and Play Pool
- The installation of a new steam generator for our Steam Room
- Construction of new lane ropes
- Acid washing to Main Pool, Play Pool and Hot Tub
- Re-grouting of the Main Pool, Play Pool and Hot Tub basins
- Spot re-grouting and tile replacement throughout both change rooms, pool deck and steam room
- Light fixture replacement and upgrades to lighting in both change rooms
- Deep cleaning of all lockers, vanities, cubicles, toilets and showers of both change rooms
- Inspections, cleaning and part replacement of Main Pool, Play Pool and Hot Tub acid pumps
- Replacement of acid lines to all acid pumps and systems
- Inspections, cleaning and part replacement of Main Pool, Play Pool and Hot Tub filter and booster pumps
- Installation of new seam on Main Pool basin
- Safety Data Sheet revision and update
- Mechanical room procedure updates
2018: September 3 - October 1
2017: September 4 - October 2.
2016: September 5 - October 2
- Move and store all deck equipment
- Sanitize all deck drains
- Drain Hot Tub & Play Pool
- Apply grip paint to pool deck & railings
- Clean cells for all 3 basins
- Clean pH and ORP probes for all 3 basins
- Clean & organize Aquatic Shift Office
- Clean & organize Water Testing Room
- Clean & organize Mechanical Room
- Service acid pumps
- Clean & organize salt storage
- Clean & organize Chemical Storage Room
- Clean & inventory emergency evacuation bins
- Clean, organize & inventory First Aid Storage Room
- Update SDS binders & inventory all chemicals on site
- HEPA vacuum pipes in Mechanical Room
- Clean & organize First Aid Room and Staff Locker Room
- Deep clean both Changerooms
- Deep clean Steam Room & deck shower
- Re-vamp pin boards
- Organize & file First Aid Room cabinets
- Descale shower heads
- Scrub & sanitize all garbage cans and recycling bins
- Organize & replenish swimming lesson supplies
- Scrub & disinfect all pool toys
- Disinfect & inventory PFDs
- Disinfect & inventory flippers
- Disinfect & inventory Aqua fitness supplies
- Clean & organize Blue Storage Room
- Wash blue wall
- Clean & soak skimmer baskets and float valves
- Fix broken float valve assemblies
- Clean & organize First Aid stations and bag
- Scrub diving blocks and rewrite block numbers
- Clean hexagon windows
- Filter Flo sand vessels
- Fix A-frame signs
- Update chemical addition charts
- Disinfect hallway walls
- Disinfect Viewing Gallery and railings
- Disinfect Meeting room
- Disinfect all benches and chairs
- Disinfect shoe rack
- Scrub Main Pool seam
- Wash & refinish deck whiteboard
- Revamp signage
- Relabel JLC manikins
Inspect & inventory JLC equipment - Update pool specific emergency response procedures
- Swim Fit program development
- Disinfect & inventory all First Aid course equipment
- Dusting of HVAC
- JLC critical path update
- Safe Work Practices converted to new template
- JLC program development
- ActiveNet Pass/Fail transfer
- Flush & replace acid lines
- Drain and acidize all 3 basins
- Remove, inspect, and replace Mermade filters
- Clean and organize Acid room
- Drain Pool
- Barricades/Cones
- Pump
- Vac Truck (for sand vessels)
- Flush Lines
- Scrub & Clean as Draining
- Check seam
- Concrete caulking
- Viewing Gallery Floors
- Staff/First Aid Room
- Buff deck/remove calcium
- Record dates via Web Work
- Service Boilers
- Re-grout and replace tiles
- Need scaffolding set up
- T-section by mechanical room [check]
- Full grout on Main Pool
- Railing inspection
- Service Pool Pumps
- Main Pool filter
- Main Pool booster
- Play Pool filter
- Play Pool booster
- Hot Tub filter
- Hot Tub booster
- Hot Tub jet pump
- Expansion Seam
- Deck Area
- Check tiles
- Drain by mechanical room
- Concrete Suppliers
- Climbing Wall
- Clean Brackets
- Refill pool & start heating
- (7 days approx)
Pool Cleaning & Maintenance Images (2018)
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Preparing to acid wash the play pool basin as main pool drains.
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Two lifeguards spread the acid solution as two others scrub to remove scale.
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Lifeguards restring and crimp lane ropes.
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Scaffolding and ladders up to clean and paint the exterior of all the duct work. The insides were cleaned as well.
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All deck drains must be removed for cleaning and flushing. This procedure is performed twice throughout shutdown.
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Care is taken when placing the filters into their holders - a filter that sustains a crack can be devastating to the filtration system.
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Time to add sand into our sand filters. Here a lifeguard cuts the first bag to be added. These two vessels filter the play pool and hot tub.
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Lifeguard inspects the inside of the play pool sand filter.
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Once all the filters are in place, and the main pool basin has been inspected, we can start filling the filter pit.
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Main Pool drained and ready to be acid washed. The seam will also be inspected and replaced. Some tile and grout touch ups are to follow.
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A Lifeguard passes filters down to a maintenance worker.
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Lifeguard(s) prepare acid solution to de-scale the pool bottoms.
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Lifeguard(s) prepare acid solution to de-scale the pool bottoms.
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Time for the buffer!
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Filters are then tightened and secured in place.
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Lifeguard preps the change room floor surfaces to buff off hard water stains and calcium build up.
Contact Us
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Aquatics Supervisor
Dr. Duncan Murray Recreation Centre
805 Switzer Drive
Hinton, AB T7V 1V1
Info Line with up to the minute schedules:
780.865.6066
Speak to a Live Customer Service Agent (9 am-9 pm)
780-865-4412
Pool Hours