Swimming Pool Chemicals


Chlorine, salt water and organic pool chemistry

Salt water generation systems are increasing in popularity dramatically over the past few years as most people misunderstand this technology. It is true that salt water systems are less harsh than traditional chlorine shock treatments, a salt water generation system is still a chlorine based water purification system.



The difference is that you do not purchase liquid or granular chlorine and dump it into your pool. You instead purchase salt which you add to your swimming pool (800 lbs or so for a 20x40’ pool) and a hydrogen generation cell is installed into the plumbing system for your pool.

In essence the salt combined with the hydrogen generated by the cell creates a chemical reaction resulting in chlorine. Still the problem remains that you are using a known carcinogen and chemical linked to increased asthma to keep your swimming pool clean.

Chlorine count in commercial swimming pools

If you consider that the North American standards for commercial swimming pool chlorine count is near to 100 times what you would use in your backyard pool, commercial pools are of even greater concern for those looking to avoid the obvious negatives associated with traditional chlorine treatment.



Organic swimming pool chemistry

An organic, or “natural” swimming pool is not just a chlorine alternative, but instead a completely different approach to swimming pool water chemistry altogether. Instead of maintaining a sterile water environment by sanitizing the water with chemicals, creating a “dead zone” of all life both good and bad, an organic pool applies the principals of mother nature to a contained body of water.

These are the same principals that would keep lakes and other bodies of water not just safe for swimming, but safe enough to drink - that is unless the body of water was also the dumping grounds for industrial waste, raw sewage and untold amounts of chemicals as found in nature these days from our abuse and neglect.

Since your backyard swimming pool does not have industrial waste being piped into it twenty four hours per day like most large bodies of water, it is actually very easy to recreate the natural course of water chemistry that mother nature intended.

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