UV System Benefits for Swimming Pools

Throughout decades, water treatment in swimming pools has been a question of ensuring clean blue water and well-distributed chlorine. In recent times, however, scientific studies have proven the by-products of chlorine to be dangerous for swimmers, increasing the risk of both asthma and cancer.

This has changed the swimming pool treatment practices to center around creating an environment free of chlorine by-products. This is supported by The World Health Organization (WHO), which encourages pool owners to focus on lowering the chlorine by-products, which are present both in the water and in the air in recreational pool environments.

This creates a much-needed step of implementing systems that can effectively protect the health of swimmers worldwide, by reducing the risks associated with dangerous chlorine by-products.

💧 Using ultraviolet light disinfection for swimming pool water treatment 💧

Using chlorine as the primary disinfectant is still the most common way to keep the water sanitary and free of harmful microorganisms. If the chlorine levels are managed properly this is not an issue seen in isolation, but rather a matter of bringing down the level of harmful by-products.

The main issue of using chlorine in swimming pools is that the chlorine reacts very rapidly with nitrogen compounds in the water. This creates problematic chlorine by-products such as mono-, di-, and trichloramines. Especially trichloramines (NCI3) have significant negative effects, irritating the eyes, nose, throat, as well as bronchial tubes.

Unfortunately, legal requirements concerning general health conditions in public pools throughout the world vary a lot, which means that a lot of swimming pools still rely on old practices, using technologies that have barely changed in the past decades.

For more than a decade, ULTRAAQUA has performed R&D activities on dechlorination based on photocatalysis, utilizing ultraviolet light technology. This has led to extensive knowledge of how to solve the chlorine by-product issues present in swimming pools worldwide. The R&D department is continuously involved in innovative projects for further development of solutions to solve this issue. This is supported by the data collected from installations all over the world, further optimizing solutions for combined chlorine removal.

UV technology is a globally accepted solution for water disinfection and combine chlorine removal, being able to solve the complex challenge of creating healthy swimming pool environments free of chlorine by-products. The improved technological and design-related configurations throughout the years have made UV a viable OPEX and CAPEX solution for swimming pools of all sizes.

Improving the water treatment conditions by implementing UV systems not only causes a healthy pool environment but also improves the water consumption levels, reducing the overall operation costs and carbon footprint, while achieving a healthier environment.

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