Recently I received an “update” from Newark and Sherwood District Council and Active4Today regarding Southwell Leisure Centre. The centre’s main swimming pool has been closed since October, ostensibly because the pool was losing 8,750 litres of water a day. A number of repair options were said to have been considered, and the only feasible one is estimated to cost £645,000 although it is not known if more than one estimate was actually obtained or whether the proposed solution involved digging up and replacing the entire pool. At first glance this water loss looks huge. However, assuming it is…