During the first 50 of warm-up I spotted poop this morning. I confirmed it on the 2nd 50 and got out to tell the coach. Eventually they closed the pool, cleaned it out and threw in some chlorine directly in to the pool. But then they reopened about 30 min later. I was a bit shocked that they opened it so soon. The pool is a 50 meter x 25 yard pool so pretty big and they only threw in one 5 gal bucket of chlorine before letting us all back in. Does that sound right? If I remember my life guarding days right, poop means several hours of shutting down.
I was disappointed to have the workout suspended but I certainly didn't want to risk us getting sick, either.
How do you cordon off circulating water?
Good question! And I was wondering about the "throw a 5 gallon bucket of chlorine and wait 30 minutes" strategy, too. I can't imagine that would be enough time to dilute the chlorine sufficiently and there'd be a serious localized hot spot. The danger from the high chlorine level would probably be more than from the AFR!
How do you cordon off circulating water?
Good question! And I was wondering about the "throw a 5 gallon bucket of chlorine and wait 30 minutes" strategy, too. I can't imagine that would be enough time to dilute the chlorine sufficiently and there'd be a serious localized hot spot. The danger from the high chlorine level would probably be more than from the AFR!
