Help! Metal Frame Sinking!

[asumila]

Hello- we have just put up an Intex 18x48 metal frame round pool about 2 weeks ago. We live in central Illinois and since we have put the pool up it has rained almost every day since. We've had lots of storms, flash flooding and lots of accumulation. The problem is that

1. the ground is super soft and saturated with water

2. the pool is over filled due to rain water

3. the support poles are sunk into the ground 2 inches all around!

The pool is on even ground but we did not put a ground tarp down first (wish we would have)and when we have needed to let out extra water we splash it out over the top and of course it settles right at the sides which only make the ground softer. The plug at the bottom edge where you would hook a hose up to is now underneath and not reachable so we can't empty the excess water that way.

My question is how do we get excess water out and away from the ground it sits on, what are the chances it is going to collapse, do we just need to drain and start over?????

Thanks for any advice you can give me!

~Frustrated!!

[britinusa]

If you have a vacuum hose here's what you can do:

Lay the hose out on the ground leading away from the pool to an area where you want the water to go, Hold the end of the hose in the pool in front of the return with the pump running and when you have water coming out the other end of the hose, just drop it in the water this will continue to siphon off water till you pull the hose out of the pool.

Did you put the support poles on patio blocks?