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HydroZone3 System TM Comprehensive Aquatic Risk Management for proactive swimmer protection
HydroZone3 System TM Our Comprehensive Aquatic Risk-Management Program provides proactive standards, policies, and procedures grounded in water risk-management principles. Designed to build on and augment the new Model Aquatic Health Code by the CDC and to help prevent the spread of recreational water illnesses (RWIs), the Comprehensive Aquatic Risk-Management Program provides in-house training in proper chemistry testing, oxidation, and sanitation, plus a weekly maintenance program and procedures for remote monitoring with 24-hour tech support.
Advantages Include: Proactive (instead of reactive) approach to water maintenance Healthy pool with no smell or taste Protection of bathers from germs and microbes brought into the pool by all swimmers Dramatic risk reduction of recreational water illnesses (RWIs including gastroin-testinal, skin, ear, respiratory, eye, neurologic and wound infections) and the top 10cauesin outbreaks stated in the CDC Health Swimming Page. Elimination of chemical-induced asthma symptoms (respiratory difficulties, coughing, etc.) in adults and children Optimal training conditions for competitive swimmers Healthier work environment for employees (according to standards of the Occu-pational Safety and Health Admininstration, or OSHA) Remote monitoring of system by SRK on a daily basis, providing added surveil-lance to help prevent complacency
The Center for Disease Control and Preventions “Triple A’s of Healthy Swimming” suggests the addition of ultraviolet or ozone technology to pool water treatment to help protect you and your family.
Here’s how it works…
2. Unprocessed water passes through sand filtration to eliminate any larger contaminates. Ozone is then injected into the filtered water on its way to the UV system. 3. Ozonated water is passed through the UV light system, sterilizing any existing patho-gens and creating an advanced oxidation effect.
Three Levels of Protection An Outdated System Chlorine has been dominating the pool industry for decades. However, the outdated chlo-rine-based system is not only hard on the environment, it’s bad for your health. The fact is that many germs are immune to chlorine, or can survive for days before it fi-nally kills them. In that time, just one swallow or brief contact with the water can infect you. Recreational water illnesses (RWIs) span from skin and ear infections, to wound and neurological infections. The most serious of these include the waterborne parasite Cryp-tosporidium and germs like Giardia and Shigella. Crypto, which causes diarrheal illness, is the most resistant to chlorine and can remain alive for days, making infection more likely. According to the CDC, over the past two decades there has been a major increase in the number of RWIs connected to swimming, with Crypto becoming the most common cause. Reported cases of the illness rose over 200% in the period between 2004 and 2008 alone, increasing from 3,411 cases in 2004 to 10,500 cases in 2008. Today these potential infections shouldn’t be considered normal swimming risks. Why tolerate the dangers...or even the smell?
SRK’s HydroZone3 System™ is a proprietary pool water treatment system, which incor-porates a specific combination of time-tested techniques using Ozone, UV light, and min-imal chlorine, and can be scaled to fit any size pool. These techniques break down as fol-lows: Chlorine Treatment Advanced Oxidization eliminates 90% of the usual chlorine levels. Only trace amounts of chlorine, a low level of 0.5 ppm, is used to sanitize the pool. Ozone Treatment Ozone is used to oxidize the water, breaking the bond between ammonia and chlorine, keeping the chlorine free, available to fight bacteria. and completely removing the smell of chlorine. UV Treatment Ultraviolet light is used to enhance the ozone and convert it to Hydroxyl Radicals, which increases its ability to kill pathogens and viruses.
4. Activated water then enters the contact chamber, where the advanced oxidation process burns off pathogens, pesticides, and any other lingering contaminates. This process also breaks down chloramines, eliminating bound contaminates and freeing up chlorine, which is recycled back into the pool water. 5. Oxidized water is degassed, while ozone and oxidation byproducts are removed. 6. Purified water is finally tested in-line, and a low dose of chlorine is added, if needed, to protect against bather-to-bather contamination before being returned to the pool.
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1. The HydroZone3™ process first pumps pool water from the surface of your pool into the system.
About SRK Based in East Hampton, Long Island, SRK builds, services, renovates, and consults on all aspects of pools and spas. They have installed approximately 100 HydroZone3 systems in the Hamptons, and each year service more than 200 pools, build about 7 to 10, and renovate at least 14. With 14 year-round plus 10 seasonal employees, the team includes in-house 3-D design with the latest technology to bring alive your landscape and pool design, a full-time mason division, year-round service and chemistry professionals, plus many talented office staff. SRK’s services are currently expanding geographically, especially regarding ozone and UV systems. They recently installed an ozone and UV system on a large estate in the Bahamas, another system in Palm Beach, Florida, two in Avalon, New Jersey, and are presently consulting on projects in New York City and Santa Monica, California for new construction. SRK introduced their traveling installation team in the last three years and hopes to see them working full force in Florida, California, and New York in the years to come. About Steve Steve Kenny has a long history with water. By the time he was in high-school in the early 80s, he was already cleaning pools, helping out his father with his pool business in East Hampton, Long Island. (When not working he was still in the water, racing sailboats—a challenge he pursues to this day.) In 1995 he took the reins of the company and realized it was time to raise the business to a new level. More than two decades of experience and education later (since 2006, training with the Genesis 3 Design Group), Kenny is proud to say he has revamped the chemical landscape of pool care.
“Kenny has developed an impressive set of glowingly satisfied clients who are using his system. He also conducted multiple tests, by himself and by independent laboratories, all of which have confirmed the system’s performance.” - Aqua, August 2015
Today his passion is to change the way we treat pool water and provide a solution to recreational water illness. His articles on water chemistry and the use of ozone and UV have been featured in the pool trade industry magazines Aqua, Watershapes, and Athletic Business, and in 2014 he was interviewed on the radio by Southampton’s NPR station. A major step toward his goal took place in 2008, when Kenny built and installed the first chlorine-reduced ozone and UV pool for The Idea House, a project by Hamptons Cottage and Gardens magazine. This was the first HydoZone3 system, and SRK still cares for that amazing pool to this day. In 2013 Kenny built the HydroZone3 demo trailer, enabling him to take the technology on the road for demonstrations. With this trailer, he can at last prove first-hand how dramatically the system improves results to protect swimmers’ health.
“This is the first year with this system and it has been great for us in many ways. First, our membership has been overjoyed with how the water feels while they are swimming…the club has experienced a lot higher volume of swimmers because of how the water feels to them…[Also] I am not fighting with the chemicals all day long, trying to get the water balanced… Lastly, with this system I have “peace of mind”… having SRK remotely monitor our pool has been priceless.” -Bill McKee, Beach Manager Maidstone Club, East Hampton, NY
“Builder and water-quality advocate Steve Kenny recently decided to up the water-quality ante with a mobile demonstration system that is ready to take to the highway in pursuit of improved water quality in both residential and commercial pools.” -Aqua, August 2015
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