Why Barton Springs Pool is closed

AUSTIN (KXAN) — Barton Springs Pool will remain temporarily closed after crews found a leak that will need repairs, the City of Austin said in a news release Friday."Initial inspection appears to indicate that an old water bypass pipe, estimated from the 1940s, developed two holes causing water to be pulled into the now abandoned pipe below the pool's dam," the city said in the release.The pool now needs to remain closed, so that water levels can be reduced and crews can access repai