Spas of Awe

For most of us, we love keeping our things clean and organized. When you are a busy person and everyday your job wears you out, you would definitely want to come home to a nice place. This place should promote relaxation. If your place is full of stains or clutter and it looks like a total mess, do you think you would want to live in it? By that time, you probably have hired a cleaning team to make your room spic and span.

There are various ways to clean your place. Most probably you, if you have been doing the cleaning yourself, you have already encountered various cleaning products or sanitizers. However, these sanitizers are not only used inside the house. They are most important in maintaining your pools. Why are they are needed? Their purpose is the same as your purpose in using them inside your house: to make it spic and span. On top of that, you have to understand that water is also an ideal environment for growth of harmful microorganism because it is stagnant. With the use of sanitizers, your pool will be safe for your kids to swim on, at the same time maintain the beautiful pool finishes that you have.

The number one sanitizer that most pool owners use is Chlorine. True that it is the most effective means of sanitation, however, it poses greater risks and hazards to swimmers, especially when used improperly. Anyone who is in-charge of chlorinating the pool should be careful enough when putting them in the water.

Since there are people eager to escape its possible hazardous effects, alternatives to sanitizing were made. The following are some of the non-chlorine methods that are equally effective and less hazardous than the use of chlorine:

Ozone Generators- This generates ozone gas and it sanitizes through the process of oxidation. The oxygen gas reacts with the microorganisms in the pool. They say this does not purely eliminate the use of chlorine because it will still require a small amount of it to be very effective.

Copper and Silver Ionization- This is similar to the process of purifying drinking water. Ionization is made possible through electrolysis (with the use of both positive and negative charges). The concept in here is to use sanitizing ions. Still you will use a small amount of chlorine to make it work. However, it is small enough that it can guarantee safer water for swimming and less extreme environment that could harm your pool finishes.

Biguanide- This is one option that totally eliminates the use of chlorine. It is an effective sanitizer when used with hydrogen peroxide. However, to fight algae you will need a separate solution for it.

Bromine- This is another alternative for sanitizing pools and is very good for people who have sensitive skins. The good thing about it is that the treatment process is not as long as you do in chlorines. Therefore, you can enjoy swimming on the pool as soon as possible.

About the Author:
Chris Turley is a consultant for Wet Edge Technologies, supplying a wide variety of pool finishes with industry leading technology to support them.