Category: Aquatics
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How to Practice Safe and Healthy Swimming
Swimming is a great way to spend time with family and friends while having fun and staying active. It keeps you happy and healthy, reduces stress, and gets you in shape while encouraging a sense of community. But in order to have a truly healthy and safe swimming experience, especially with small children, it’s important to…
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Pool Story(s): How Two Recreational Facilities Enhanced Air & Water Quality With AOP & UV
When it comes to treating pool water in recreational facilities, the less combined chlorine (chloramines) and disinfection byproduct (DBPs) you have the better the air and water is. Recreational facility pools are exposed to heavy bather loads, or organic like sweat, skin oils, lotions, etc., from swimming lessons, competitions, exercise sessions and other aquatic activities.…
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The History of the Public Swimming Pool
The story behind the modern American public swimming pool is a surprisingly fascinating journey. We’re diving into a quick history lesson to help you understand how public pools have evolved to where they are today. Bathing Pool Beginnings The concept of using public swimming pools for recreation in the United States began in the late 1800s. In…
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The Truth About Chlorine “Pool Smell”: Clean or Caustic?
Do you know that chlorine “pool smell” that wafts over you before you can even see a public swimming pool? This pungent smell of chlorine might bring up wonderful memories of swimming during summer break, but do you also remember the red eyes, irritated skin, disintegrated swimsuit and the fried hair ends? It turns out…
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How to Avoid Swimming-Related Parasites Warned by CDC
Summer is around the corner and before pools across the United States open, a new Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) report reminded us of the dangers of swimming-related parasites and how we can swim healthy. According to the CDC’s Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report report, from 2000 to 2014 there were 493…
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Clear Comfort Unveils New Revolutionary Spa Water Treatment System
The New CCW50 Offers the Easiest, Healthiest and Best Feeling Water for Today’s Spas and Hot Tubs Boulder, Colorado – April 10, 2018 – Clear Comfort introduces the innovative CCW50, the company’s newest, non-chlorine sanitation system specifically for spas. Homeowners can now enjoy a healthier, easier and more enjoyable spa experience. Pre-orders are being taken…
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American Heart Month: Why You Should Workout With Water
No matter what time of year it is, you should always be making healthy heart choices, but American Heart Month this February is a great opportunity to think of the new, different ways you can improve your cardiovascular health. The Problem Each year, about 610,000 Americans die of heart disease, which is one in every…