I see a lot of videos of cleaning pools and I don’t understand why heavily dirty pools aren’t just drained instead of adding things to it. Is it cheaper? Aren’t the chemicals harmful? Is the concentration harmful?
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The pool water will have to be cleaned regardless of if you do it yourself or drain your pipes. If you drain the water, it goes to the city water treatment plant. A pool contains a lot of water and it would take a long time to drain and fill back up, plus .. your water bill will be extra high that month.
Some people use salt in their pool, others use chlorine. These are the main things people use on a regular basis.
Chlorine dissipates once it’s done its job. At the beginning of the season you may shock your pool to kill anything that had been growing over the winter, but the instructions will say don’t get in the pool for x amount of hours after doing so. Then the pool filtration system and a vacuum will remove the solids.
Concerns about chlorine: When you test tap water for total residual chlorine in potable water, the holdtime for the water sample is fifteen minutes under TCEQ regulations. After fifteen minutes the sample would be invalid because no chlorine would be left in the water.
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