Is 2017 the year you focus on improving sustainability in your aquatic facility? Here are some ways to make your pool more efficient and eco-friendly.
Use Renewable Energy & Efficient Energy
Use solar pool heaters to heat the pool combined with a pool cover at night to keep the water warm, reducing energy costs and heat loss due to evaporation. In addition, energy efficient variable speed pumps save energy over the course of the day.
Use Eco-Friendly Pool Filters
Eco-friendly, high quality pool filters are worth the extra initial cost due to better water quality and infrequent need to replace the filter. Opt for cartridge or sand filters since the diatomaceous earth (DE) filters are higher maintenance and DE is a class 1 carcinogen when airborne.
Drain Your Pool Less
If you have a high quality sanitation system that reduces your chemical use (like Clear Comfort), you are less likely to have to drain your pool as often, saving water.
Use Sustainable Pool Accessories and Equipment
Sustainable accessories and equipment including solar pool covers, solar pool cleaners, environmentally friendly pool accessories (noodles, water aerobics equipment, etc.), and LED lights for pool lighting can make a big difference.
Go Paperless
Digitize your operations with an all-in-one aquatics facility operations app like Digiquatics to eliminate paper use and waste.
Opt for Sustainable Pool Sanitation
Clear Comfort reduces chlorine use in commercial pools, minimizing the amount of chemicals used in the pool and introduced to the environment. Clear Comfort uses hydroxyl-based advanced oxidation, which mimics the same natural process that makes our air clean and breathable.
Claire McDaniel
Claire is a swimming and nutrition expert who loves to educate and motivate others to healthier living. She swam competitively for 18 years, is a five time All-American, a Division I National Champion, was co-captain of Team USA at the 2007 World University Games and was named a finalist for the NCAA Woman of the Year Award. She also has a master’s degree in nutrition and is a Registered Dietitian Nutritionist. After swimming, Claire started coaching and has coached all over the US and even in Switzerland! Her experience and expertise about both swimming and health fuel her passion for Clear Comfort’s mission – to make swimming a 100 percent healthy activity for swimmers, coaches, lifeguards and pool staff.
