The beloved fountain and wading pool used by many on the hot summer days will be open this year.
Mayor Terry Yemen said the Town has been working with the health authority to complete upgrades to the fountain.
“Back in the day when it was built, it wasn’t a problem, but things change and now there are different requirements. In the interim, the town is going to be introducing some chlorine,” Yemen said.
The town had to wait and get a plan that was approved by the health authority, Yemen explained.
“The town has been working diligently with the health authority. They did some engineering, which takes time, they worked out a plan. Ultimately, the health authority had to approve it and last Friday we did get approval of what our go forward is. They are going to be working on introducing chlorine through this season,” he said.
In terms of timelines, Yemen wasn’t certain of an exact date but did say, “but certainly before the major part of the tourism season the fountain will be up and will be running.”
He continued by saying that after the season is over, the Town will be doing some construction where they put in some filters and automatic chlorine induction more like a small swimming pool. Yemen said this will be done throughout the off-season.
For those residents wondering about the water slide installed at the Aquaplex, Yemen said things are moving forward with it as well.
“Everything is in place now. Everything that they needed is here so we should see something very soon on the waterslide.” Yemen said he has stopped trying to project a date on its opening.
“All the parts and everything that was required is all here in Drumheller now, it is just a matter of putting them in and turning the water on.”
Yemen said the delay has been because of standards changing throughout the process and this required more safety features put in.
“It has been all done now,” Yemen said. “Everything is here and we should see something there shortly.”
