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you have ever gotten near a public pool, let alone jumped in, you know that oh-so-familiar stench of chlorine. It’s n e a r l y impossible
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still chemicals. In this system, “salt chlorinators” are used to produce constant low levels of chlorine onsite in the pool to combat bacteria. This is different from a typical chlorine-based pool in which pre-fabricated chlorine tablets are used. Pros: Main output is salt, and it’s way less damaging to your skin and eyes. Cons: Can be corrosive to the pool filter and other equipment.
What You Can Do About Chlorine?
to avoid. Although we are grateful for chlorine's ability to kill germs, algae, and other things in the water (you know it's not just the kiddies peeing in the pool...), it has the unfortunate side effect of clinging to your skin, hair, clothes, and really anything else it touches. Without getting into too much nerdy detail, chlorine is a champ when it comes to keeping environments free from bacteria, including nasty things like E. coli. When it bumps into a human body, it reacts with the proteins in your hair and skin and becomes chemically bonded to you, making it very hard to simply scrub off.* We may find ourselves wondering why in the world we would use this nasty stuff. There must be alternatives! What are the alternatives to chlorine?
Salt Water Pools
Unlike the ocean, we're not just talking about throwing a bunch of table salt in a pool and stirring it. What’s really happening here is that there is still chlorine in the pool, which means there are
Spectralight Ultraviolst UV Pool Systems
This technology is so fancy, we don’t even know how to explain it. Basically, there’s a crazy machine they've developed that will use UV light to penetrate impurities in the water and chemically disentangle them. It’s probably the “safest” way for your body to be in a pool of water free from bacteria AND gnarly chemicals. Pros: Literally no chlorine, no chemicals. Cons: It ain’t cheap.
Hydrogen Peroxide Pool
We’ve all used hydrogen peroxide to disinfect a cut, or clean a wound. Same idea applies to a swimming pool—with the right concentration, this is a powerful agent for keeping your pool continued on page 18