| Ultraviolet (UV) rays affect your pool in different | | | | only occur when the sun is out. Your pool will not |
| and very contradictory ways. On one hand UV | | | | receive the heating energy that is required for |
| rays can be used to sanitize your pool. By | | | | comfortable swimming on a cloudy day. You can |
| exposing pool water to concentrated UV rays, | | | | increase the effectiveness of solar heating by |
| bacteria is almost completely destroyed. The | | | | using a pool blanket. A pool blanket works much |
| problem is that it does not have a long term | | | | like an insulator that will help retain heat, thus |
| sustainability, so you will still need to add some | | | | reducing the amount of time and energy needed |
| chlorine in order to maintain a long term residual | | | | to maintain acceptable pool temperatures. |
| chlorine level. But, you will love this, UV rays are | | | | Some larger commercial swimming pools are |
| the major cause of rapid chlorine burn off. In | | | | experimenting with using UV sanitation in order to |
| order to maintain proper residual chlorine levels | | | | reduce the need for the many chemicals that are |
| you will need to add a buffer that will help retain | | | | required by law to maintain a clean and healthy |
| adequate chlorine levels. Cyanuric acid will act as a | | | | swimming environment. UV chlorination will |
| stabilizer for chlorine and help reduce burn off. | | | | immediately deal with the "accidents" that are |
| You will need to closely monitor Ph levels when | | | | common in community swimming pools where |
| using a stabilizer, that can cause variances in Ph. | | | | children are the majority. Whenever the vast |
| Because UV use greatly reduces the chloramines | | | | amounts of chemicals needed to maintain a pool |
| levels in your pool, the strong chlorine smell is | | | | can be cut down, operation of a large swimming |
| greatly reduced. Reducing chloramines also saves | | | | pool becomes much more economical. This will |
| your pool equipment , the corrosive effect of | | | | also make swimming in public pools more |
| chlorine is reduced, so maintenance on equipment, | | | | comfortable without the chemical effects that are |
| and costs for maintenance is reduced. The | | | | generally suffered by bathers. This will benefit |
| irritation that is usually associated with chlorine | | | | everyone who uses public swimming pools for |
| sanitation, e.g. skin, eye and mucus membrane | | | | their summer fun. |
| irritation is practically eliminated by removing the | | | | Harnessing the sun's solar energy can have |
| chloramines from the pool water. | | | | numerous benefits, but there disadvantages as |
| UV rays are also a great source for heating your | | | | well. Do plenty of research and consult with a pool |
| pool. Solar heating is the least expensive and most | | | | specialist. He can guide you in protecting your pool |
| ecologically friendly heat source. That is right, but | | | | from the negative effects of UV rays and help |
| it is the least maintainable. It takes much longer to | | | | you use those same rays to care for your pool in |
| heat water using solar energy and heating can | | | | a more earth friendly way. |