vinyl IG pool, water level dropping; options?

[waste]

Sorry this happened

Al's got you covered on the probable cause for the leak, but I'd just like to remind you to think about the cover, if you have one. Covers prefer to sit on the water surface, if the water level gets too low, the cover could get damaged or the liner might end up suffering (if you use sharp heavy objects to weigh down the cover)

I see you've posted while I was typing, you might want to plug the returns so that any rain or snow melt that enters the pool won't just leak out the broken return

[Poconos]

Hi again,
If it stabilized just below the returns then the leak could be elsewhere. Ted is right about the cover and where you are I wouldn't even bother covering if you were planning on doing so. The snow load will just ruin it. And Ted is right, plug the returns and just keep an eye on the level.
Al

[AZVal]

The snow doesn't stay more than a few hours - or so I'm told. Lots of water though. A local pool store (who loves BBB and sells it at a good deal) guy told me I'm just as well to keep the cover off once the leaves have fallen so that I can keep an eye on it - easier to open in the spring, so that's what I was going to do. He feels a covered pool is an ignored pool ...

Anyway, thanks for the help. Now I just have to decide whether to keep the thing. I know I won't be swimming in it if it's not AZ warm water. I'm spoiled, too. = ) (Grew up in NH and started swimming each spring when the ice was still in the middle of the lakes. What an old lady I am now...)

[aylad]

Yeah, it's amazing how much our tolerance for cold water changes as we get older, huh?

Janet