Clear Comfort is proud and excited to be featured in our hometown YMCA’s October Letter from the CEO. In this letter, Boulder Valley YMCA CEO Chris Coker shares what Clear Comfort means to the Y and its members. Here’s an excerpt:
The newest of our green efforts is the Clear Comfort system at the Mapleton pool. Clear Comfort is a local cleantech company that creates sustainable water disinfection systems for pools. This year, they installed a low-chlorine pool system to reduce the use of chemicals that come into contact with our swimmers, staff and environment.
Being a long-time YMCA guy (we are talking decades), I’ve come to know a lot about swimming pools. Sometimes it’s more than I want to know, actually. But here’s an important point: Because of the “disinfection byproducts” (also known as DBPs) in chlorine some people can have negative reactions to it. Chlorine has been used for generations and is considered safe when used properly, but just one whiff of it tells you that you don’t want to be exposed to it in a concentrated form. DBPs produce the heavy chlorine smell we associate with pools.
Lauren McNitt
Lauren loves swimming during the summer and relaxing in a hot tub after skiing, but the harsh chemicals limit the time she can spend in a pool. She's excited to bring Clear Comfort to others who share her enjoyment of swimming. Lauren is the Director of Marketing for Clear Comfort.
