Salt water filtration???

RE: Salt water filtration???

Former Member — Fri, 18 Aug 2006 16:42:10 GMT

Let's be clear - salt is not used for filtration. Neither is chlorine. Chemicals are used to treat the water to prevent bacterial growth and algae. Filtration removes solids from the water and is usually done with sand, diatomaceous earth, or paper filters. I'm not aware of any known harmful effects from swimming in chlorinated pools. We Master swimmers should be live test cases since we've been in these pools for much of our lifetime.

RE: Salt water filtration???

Susan — Fri, 18 Aug 2006 02:53:48 GMT

I asked a similar question about a salty taste a few months ago, and one of the not-so-silly answers was "the most likely culprit is high levels of Total Dissolved Solids (TDS)" which doesn't mean anything to me, but probably does, or should, to pool operators.

RE: Salt water filtration???

knelson — Thu, 17 Aug 2006 01:39:31 GMT

Originally posted by iswim41 I have a friend who keeps telling me that chlorine being a chemical, it's probably not a good thing to put my body in. And salt isn't? The Cl in table salt: NaCl is still chlorine, after all.

RE: Salt water filtration???

Former Member — Wed, 16 Aug 2006 13:32:31 GMT

Thanks, George.

RE: Salt water filtration???

Former Member — Wed, 16 Aug 2006 13:27:19 GMT

This treatment has been aroud for a long time my brother Tom used it in his Swim School pool in the 1950s. It is fast loosing popularity in France but is gaining support in Canada and the USA. See info here www.angelfire.com/.../saltwater_sanitizing_system.htm

RE: Salt water filtration???

Former Member — Wed, 16 Aug 2006 13:18:08 GMT

Thanks. Does anybody know if this is the future of pool maintenance and what is the the reasoning? I have a friend who keeps telling me that chlorine being a chemical, it's probably not a good thing to put my body in. He's kind of a chemical-free maniac and the chlorine hasn't killed me yet, eh? It really is weird swimming in this. I expect it in the ocean (the handful of times I've been the ocean). Does it make the water less/more dense? I can't remember which.

RE: Salt water filtration???

Donna — Wed, 16 Aug 2006 09:07:26 GMT

The pool at the health club my parents go to uses salt water filtration too (this is affiliated with a hospital so I am sure it meets any health requirements) and I am sure it works fine but it just takes some getting used to. Luckly I only have to use the pool a few times a year when I visit over the holidays. I too prefer the smell of chlorine. You should be fine there and atleast you have a facility to work out in that is indoors. Our 86 to 88 degree pool is getting too hot again (still outside for another 2 1/2 weeks in the deep south). :cool: