Kapiti locals love the Coastlands Aquatic Centre

Kapiti residents have been making the most of the new Coastlands Aquatic Centre with more than 2,000 regularly visiting at weekends.

With its new hydroslide (waterslide) now fully operational during another busy weekend at Coastlands Aquatic Centre.

Kapiti Coast District Council Aquatics Facilities Manager Alison Law explains "people have clearly been waiting a long time for this facility and are already making it part of their lives.

"What's particularly great is to see such a cross section of people coming, from families with young children, to the elderly."

However, the new facility has faced teething issues, with a problem with the automated system that controls water quality in the hydroslide, including chlorine levels, has been fixed.

Law said some people misunderstood reports and thought chlorine levels in the pools were too high, stating "this is certainly not the case. In fact visitors to the Aquatic Centre will notice our pools are not heavily chlorinated. All water goes through a UV machine which helps treat it and means we use less chlorine than pools that don't have this kind of technology in place. Plus, the quality of the water is constantly monitored by a sophisticated computer system."

There have been some comments about the air temperature inside the centre being too high.

Here Law states "a temperature of 28 degrees is fairly standard for pool facilities like this because the inside environment needs to be warm enough to prevent pool users getting cold.

"However, while heat from the sun coming through our translucent roof is great for reducing energy costs, on some days it means the facility can be a bit hotter than we'd like it to be.

"We have high level windows at each end of the pool which are designed to open once the air gets too hot, plus an extra exhaust fan that automatically comes on when the windows open to suck out excess heat.

"However, due to delays caused by the Mainzeal collapse, this system isn't operational yet.

"It's good to have opened the Aquatic Centre for the community to use, but we still need to fine-tune some of our systems like this one. Kapiti residents seem to be really embracing all the new facility has to offer and we are continuing to get lots of positive feedback."

All the pools inside the Centre have been designed and installed by Myrtha Pools.

For more information on Myrtha Pools technology, click here to visit the Myrtha Pools listing in the Australasian Leisure Management Supplier Directory.

Editor's note: Construction of the Coastlands Aquatic Centre was delayed after the main contractor for the project, Mainzeal, went into receivership at the beginning of February.

12th August 2013 - NEW COASTLANDS AQUATIC CENTRE OPENS ON KAPITI COAST