Anyone who has spent much time around swimming pools can easily recall its affects on skin, clothing, hair and even nasal passages. Chlorine can leave your skin feeling dry and itchy, your bathing suit and pool garb bleached, hair stiff and sometimes weirdly tinted green, and nasal passages completely plugged! While we all agree that chlorine is an excellent sanitizer, most of us would like to keep the pool maintained without having to use it. Today, there are chlorine alternatives available that can help to greatly reduce the amount of chlorine required to keep your pool clean.
No, it is not possible to totally remove chlorine from your pool. However, a pool service company can install an ozone generator to do much of the same sanitizing as chlorine. Commercial water parks are using ozone generators to ensure their cleanliness and safety. It is 100% natural and will greatly improve the water quality in your pool. Once you add an ozone generator to your system, you can expect to reduce the level of your chlorine use by over two-thirds.
It is also possible today to install a chlorine generator. This process requires the addition of salt to your pool, which is broken down by the generator into the sanitizing agent in chlorine. The only maintenance required with this process is to control the levels of salt and other chemicals in your pool. Don’t jump to the assumption that you’ll be swimming in salt water! The level of salt required in your pool is no more than the salt level of human tears.
Check with your local pool service company to see if they offer chlorine alternatives for your pool.
