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After a water leak was deemed unfixable by county officials in the old Hoyt Park Pool in Milwaukee County, Wisconsin, a new $11 million pool with the same name is set to reopen for this summer, according to reports.

The privately funded new public swimming pool was financed by the Tosa Foundation, which collected funding for a new pool, as well as John Morgridge, the former chairman of Cisco Systems, who was born in Wauwatosa.

"Thanks to the partnership between generous donors and the county, residents will once again enjoy a water park that's easily accessible and offers great summer fun," county executive Chris Abele told the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel.

According to the paper, the original structure was built in 1939. Officials in Milwaukee County decided to use the donated and granted funds to create a new pool instead of attempting to conduct pool leak repairs given the first pool's age.

The pool has reportedly been closed since 2003.

Though three aquatic centers in in Lexington, Kentucky, will be ready to open for the summer season, one will only be partially opened, as pool leak repairs need to be conducted at the Tates Creek Aquatic Center, reports say.

Lexington parks and recreation director Jerry Hancock told the NBC News affiliate in the city the "plunge pool" at the TCAC requires attention to fix a leak. The park will have its other pools open in time for summer, but will need to close down the park for a day to deal with the leak repairs.

While officials told sources the leak will only take a short time to fix, they said Lexington's other aquatic facilities – at Castlewood, Southland and Woodland parks – should be up-and-running as the summer season begins.

It's unknown what type of leak the pool sustained.

Water is a big part of summer activities for Kentucky residents and visitors. A report by the Lexington Herald-Leader states officials at Lake Cumberland are relying on tourists this year to keep revenues as high as they were last year, when 4 million people visited the body of water.

Citing safety concerns which have been a widely discussed topic this year, the Consumer Product Safety Commission has decided to recall nearly one million drain covers produced by at least eight manufacturers, reports say.

In a released statement, the CPSC stated the recalled drain covers were "incorrectly rated," and could create issues for many pool owners.

Though the recall may cause issues for homeowners and municipalities nationwide who recently or will soon open pools for the summer, CPSC public affairs director Scott Wolfson says the ruling is essential to public safety.

"We know this is a very difficult message to share with the public as we roll into Memorial Day weekend. But better to address this now than in the middle of the swim season when a child was hurt on one of these recalled drains," he said, according to Pool & Spa News.

He added there have been few reported death of children due to faulty drain cover entrapments in recent years, and that passing this measure can help reduce that figure to zero.