About 1.3 million gallons of water is draining from Lansford's public swimming pool each month, and officials are hoping a Philadelphia company can find the source of the leak.

Officials didn't have figures handy early Tuesday as to how much the leak is costing the borough.Monthly water meter readings alerted the authority to leak within the past month, said Lansford Coaldale Joint Water Authority Vice Chairman Toby Krajcirik."The leak is on the pool side," he said, meaning it is happening beyond the water authority's system. The authority's engineer researched companies that deal with leaks, and gave the information to council.Councilwoman Rosemary Cannon, who heads the Parks and Recreation Committee, has contacted the company, Atlantic Leak Detection, to find the source.The pool, built in 1944 and last refurbished in 1984, holds 360,000 gallons."It's an old pool. There have been several leaks we've fixed off and on," she said.At a recent public council meeting, Cannon said there has "not been a maintenance budget allotment dedicated to pool upkeep for the past 30 years, I have just learned of the leak."Councilman Tommy Vadyak moved to authorize Atlantic Leak Detection to investigate, with a $5,000 cap on the cost.The leak "hasn't affected swimming, except the water is a little colder because we have to keep adding to it," Cannon said Tuesday.Borough council President Martin Ditsky said the pool will remain open through Sunday. Then it will close because lifeguards are going back to school."We're trying our very best to determine the source of the leak," he said. "We don't want to let it go. I was amazed that this much water was leaking."It's not the first time the pool has sprung a leak.According to a 1995 news story, Parks and Recreation spent about $4,000 on water in 1994, when 1.2 million gallons leaked from a water line.Online minutes from a July 9, 2014, council meeting indicate the pool was closed for a time because of a leak.