Magnetic Treatment
Magnetic TreatmentThere is probably no other alternative water treatment method which has so much heated debate and controversy as magnetic treatment. A magnetic device is very simply a magnet that is clamped onto a pipe on the above ground plumbing. There is no power hookup, nothing added directly to the water, just the magnet.
Ionic Water Treatment
Ionic Water TreatmentAn ion is an atom, or group of atoms that possess an electrical charge. Ions exist everywhere and your pool is full of ions. It was discovered long ago that copper ions behave as an algaestat, that is, they inhibit algae growth, while silver ions behave as a bactericide, that is, they kill bacteria.
Biguanides to Chlorine
Biguanides to Chlorine1.Stop adding your baqua-chemicals! duh! Allow levels to drop down very close to 0. You may want to run filter longer, and add an algaecide (not baqua-cide) when levels begin to get low. This process may take several weeks.
Enzyme Water Treatment
Enzyme Water TreatmentThe use of enzymes in pool and spa water treatment has come into its own in recent years. Having been around for ages, enzymes exist in every living (and dead) organism on the planet. They are used to break down organic matter, in fact, they actually consume organic matter in the pool or spa.
DelZone Ozonators What Is Ozone?
DelZone Ozonators What Is Ozone?*Ozone is "active oxygen," nature's element. Each ozone molecule consists of 3 oxygen atoms. *Ozone is a natural purifier. *Ozone is created in nature by the combination of oxygen in air and the ultraviolet rays of the sun or by the corona discharge during a lightning storm. *Ozone has a clean, fresh scent noticed after a rainstorm. *Ozone is the most powerful oxidizer that can be safely used. *Ozone is the alternative water purifier to traditional chemicals such as chlorine and bromine.What Does Ozone Do?
Chlorine Generators
Chlorine GeneratorsOne of the first alternative sanitizers introduced to the pool and spa industry was the chlorine generator. Chlorine generators are attractive to pool owners simply because they eliminate the need to store, buy, transport and handle chlorine. They are not an alternative to chlorine, but actually make chlorine by producing chlorine from regular table salt. The pool water passes through a generator cell that introduces chlorine into the pool water.
Chlorine Chemistry What is the History of Chlorine?
Chlorine ChemistryWhat is the History of Chlorine?Chlorine was first discovered in the sixteenth century, and today is one of the most produced chemicals in the US, finding its way into a multitude of products. Chlorine is so deeply inter-twined into industry that finding alternatives would indeed change our daily lives.
Chloramines
ChloraminesWhen any type of chlorine is added to water, it usually forms hypochlorous acid (HOCl - the most powerful killing form of chlorine in water) and hypochlorite ion (OCl-), a relatively weak form of chlorine in water. The percentage of HOCl and OCl- is determined by the pH of the water. As the pH goes up, less of the chlorine is in the killing form and more of the chlorine is in the weaker form. The total of HOCl and OCl- is the free available chlorine.
Chitosan Water Treatment
Chitosan Water TreatmentChitin (pronounced kite-in) came into being in the 1970's when the EPA ordered fishing companies to stop dumping the shells of crabs and lobsters back into the ocean. Researchers discovered that the chitin contained in the shells had properties that could be applicable in a variety of industrial uses. Similar to cellulose, chitin is a naturally occurring polymer. It is also the only naturally occurring polyelectrolyte.
Catalytic Sanitation
Catalytic Sanitation One of the newest marketers into the alternative sanitizer field, Zodiac pools is producing what they call the Claritec System. The engineers at Fountainhead Technologies originally set out to develop a non-electric ionizer.