This new study says that one in five people relieve themselves in the pool. Both Ryan Lochte and Michael Phelps were questioned, and replied that they do it all the time. Lochte says that the pool "is the biggest and most expensive toilet of all time, and it's all mine".
Our youth program has more than a dozen swimmers with inhalers on deck, 9 kids had pneumonia at the same time, and many masters have had their fare share of sinus infections. The health risks almost seem to outweigh the benefits of our sport at times.
Just curious if this is really as widespread as they say. ...Without admitting to be a pool pisser, how many of you are aware of this practice, and how can we make it stop?!
link to study
Researchers estimated that over the 3-week period, swimmers released 7.92 gallons of pee into the smaller pool, and nearly 20 gallons into the larger one.
Common or not, peeing in the pool isn’t so harmless. When uric acid in human urine mixes with chlorine, a toxic compound called cyanogen chloride and trichloramine is formed. CNCI can harm the central nervous system, the lungs and the heart, while NCI3 has been associated with acute lung injury.
Believe it or not yes. Good for Laundry, bad for bathing.
Understandably. I was only sort of half kidding. But it's too bad that the (water in the) pools we swim in can't be cleaner. There's a municipal swimming pool in Green Cove Springs, FL (few miles south of Jacksonville) that I've always thought is just the coolest idea. It's not a lap swimming pool...but it could be. The water in it is continuously replenished at the rate of about 3000 gallons per minute. I guess you could say that the pool actually has a current. But it's fed from the adjacent spring (see attached picture). On the far side of the pool is a spillway where the excess water runs out and down to the nearby St. John's River. As far as I know...the water isn't, or doesn't need to be treated at all (I guess they couldn't let it run down to the river if it was). Apparently the only drawback is the everpresent odor of sulfur.
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This pool is located next to the spring that the town is named for, where a continuous flow of 78 degree water keeps the pool filled for swimmers to enjoy. Water is directed out from the spring via a small channel into the pool, and eventually flows out the other side, continuing through a small stream to the St. John's River. www.waymarking.com/.../WM2V85_Green_Cove_Springs_City_Pool_Green_Cove_Springs_FL
Dan
Believe it or not yes. Good for Laundry, bad for bathing.
Understandably. I was only sort of half kidding. But it's too bad that the (water in the) pools we swim in can't be cleaner. There's a municipal swimming pool in Green Cove Springs, FL (few miles south of Jacksonville) that I've always thought is just the coolest idea. It's not a lap swimming pool...but it could be. The water in it is continuously replenished at the rate of about 3000 gallons per minute. I guess you could say that the pool actually has a current. But it's fed from the adjacent spring (see attached picture). On the far side of the pool is a spillway where the excess water runs out and down to the nearby St. John's River. As far as I know...the water isn't, or doesn't need to be treated at all (I guess they couldn't let it run down to the river if it was). Apparently the only drawback is the everpresent odor of sulfur.
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This pool is located next to the spring that the town is named for, where a continuous flow of 78 degree water keeps the pool filled for swimmers to enjoy. Water is directed out from the spring via a small channel into the pool, and eventually flows out the other side, continuing through a small stream to the St. John's River. www.waymarking.com/.../WM2V85_Green_Cove_Springs_City_Pool_Green_Cove_Springs_FL
Dan
