Aquatic Centre gets into hot water over drip loss

THE owners and operators of the National Aquatic Centre (NAC) are locked in a dispute over who should pay for repairing problems at the centre, which has been leaking millions of litres of water over the past few months.

Campus and Stadium Ireland Development (CSID), which oversees the €62 million centre on behalf of the State, is currently seeking to have Dublin Waterworld, the company which runs the NAC, removed on a number of grounds, including its alleged failure to maintain the building as well as contribute towards the cost of repair works.

It is understood both parties believe the other has the legal responsibility for bearing the cost of repair work needed to stop the leaking through cracks in the floor of an underground plant room.