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Quickly Remove Excess Physical Pollution on Pool Surface

Posted by poolplantcourses.org on Tuesday, January 10, 2012, In : Useful Tips

Excess physical pollution floating on the surface of the swimming pool can sometimes cause a problem for pool plant operators. The heavier physical pollution sinks to the bottom, but the lighter stuff remains floating around on the surface and looks extremely off-putting to pool users. This type pollution usually consists of things like; bits of float, plasters, hair etc. There will also be chemical pollution sitting on or around the surface of the pool, stuff like; biofilm, grease, sweat, mu...
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Physical Pollution

Posted by poolplantcourses.org on Sunday, December 18, 2011, In : Pool Water Pollution

Physical pollution is one of the three main categories of pollution that concerns pool plant operators (the other two being chemical and biological). As you might expect, physical pollution is made up of stuff that does not dissolve into the water:

dirt
grit
sand
plasters
bits of float

Some of it will float around on the surface of the water and make it look unsightly. The deck-level surface water draw-off system will remove a good deal of this, but the skimmer and overflow channel designs are ...