[KateTut]

Does anyone know what chemicals are used in the sports pools? Doesn't seem as if it's chlorine...

[mulligan]

They are salt water pools. Bromides are added to the water. Much easier on equipment, pool finishes, pool furniture, swimwear, and eyes.

[gomoho]

Originally Posted by mulligan

They are salt water pools. Bromides are added to the water. Much easier on equipment, pool finishes, pool furniture, swimwear, and eyes.

Is that all the pools or only the sports pools?

All the pools.

[KateTut]

Thanks, appreciate the info!

[chuckster]

Will have to look into this............was told that liquid chlorine is added to all village pools and they aren't salt pools. Will let everyone know after looking into this......

[asianthree]

Originally Posted by chuckster

Will have to look into this............was told that liquid chlorine is added to all village pools and they aren't salt pools. Will let everyone know after looking into this......

water does not sting my eyes so when we asked the pool police he said not salt,,,so who knows?

[BarryRX]

This is from Wikipedia and I believe that this is the system used in all pools in TV.
Salt water chlorination uses dissolved salt for the chlorination system. The chlorinator uses electrolysis to break down the salt (NaCl). The resulting chemical reaction eventually produces hypochlorous acid (HCIO), and sodium hypochlorite (NaClO), which are the sanitizing agents already commonly used in swimming pools. As such, a saltwater pool is not actually chlorine-free; it simply utilizes a chlorine generator instead of direct addition of chlorine.The important distinction is that saltwater pools (usually) lack chloramines, referred to as combined chlorine. Chloramines are the irritants which give traditional pools the stigma of burning eyes and caustic smell. Electrolysis burns off chloramines in the same manner as traditional shock (oxidizer).

[jblum315]

Originally Posted by asianthree

water does not sting my eyes so when we asked the pool police he said not salt,,,so who knows?

They are not technically salt water pools. They do not contain salt water like ocean water.The filtering system uses salt rather than chlorine.