Hello all,

I pulled back my safety cover last week to do a pre-opening check, and to my dismay, the water level in the shallow part of the pool is about 2". Compared to closing time, I've lost nearly 2 ft. worth of water since October. The pool is a 24K gal lazy-L, with a vinyl liner, located in central NJ. The safety cover is mesh, and easily allows water to come up through, or down into, the pool. Even as late as January, my over-ambitious Labrador Retriever was getting wet as she ran across the cover. Now, of course, I've got wrinkles to remove from the shallow end of the pool, but I have a dry dog.

This happened last year as well, but we were adding about 1" of water per day, and found a leak in the shallow end, which was repaired.

I'm trying to see if anyone out there in pool-land has seen the same radical evaporation over the winter months. Maybe I just need to watch it during the winter and add water as needed...

Thanks for your help.

John Briar