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Chlorine
to the fore?
The record number of illnesses caused by water
contamination problems in swimming pools
throughout the world is succeeding only in
putting the emphasis back on traditional chlorine
based treatments to guarantee water purity
ny increased threat of water Commercial pool owners have been
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contamination at larger commercial struggling to balance out local authority
pools is being seen as swinging the demands of trying to ensure infection free
pendulum back to the traditional water for swimmers while at the same time
use of chlorine. dealing with criticism from the public that
The first two months of 2009 started badly too much chlorine is being used.
with serious outbreaks of contamination in “I think when there are a lot of threats
swimming pools around the world. around, pool operators are desperate to
Australia has been experiencing one of find a silver-bullet approach to sanitising
the worst incidents of cryptosporidiosis in pool water. I think that’s where chlorine
recent years and new figures in the United comes in and is accepted as the right
States show record numbers of water oxidising residual disinfectant in the pool
contamination problems in pools. water,” said Paul Clayton responsible for
In the UK there have been increasing overseeing swimming pool administration
scare stories- enough to make pool through West Sussex.
operators nervous. “Taking cost and availability into
consideration, a majority of public pool
“THERE IS A LOT OF NON-TRADITIONAL
operators – perhaps as many as 90% will
use chlorine in one form or another.
TREATMENT EMERGING ON TO THE
Control is important and while the
smaller pool operator or domestic pool
MARKET. THESE STILL HAVE SOME
owners I think have more options there
are real problems for the larger local
CONCERNS SURROUNDING THEM,
authority pools.
“We have seen a real increase this
AND I DON’T THINK ANY ARE
winter in swimming numbers – sometimes
as much as 20% so there’s even more
ENDORSED BY PWTAG”
pressure to get the water treatment
correct.
68 swimming pool news APRIL 09 Digital edition available at www.swimmingpoolnews.co.uk
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