[mr kibbles]

may have missed it but was wondering if it is true by medical docs that it is safe to swim ,play volleyball or walk in our pools ?? doesn't seem safe if people spit,sneeze,exhale water into pool?? they say it safe because it has chlorine but i thought our pools used salt ??

[Bilyclub]

I believe the salt is used to create chlorine in the pools.

[Bilyclub]

Dup

[billethkid]

Body parts stew pots used ILB (in lieu of bath).

[thelegges]

Originally Posted by mr kibbles

may have missed it but was wondering if it is true by medical docs that it is safe to swim ,play volleyball or walk in our pools ?? doesn't seem safe if people spit,sneeze,exhale water into pool?? they say it safe because it has chlorine but i thought our pools used salt ??

If anyone is concerned about pool use, They just don’t use them.

[fishon]

Old people leak more than toddlers.

[Stu from NYC]

Originally Posted by thelegges

If anyone is concerned about pool use, They just don’t use them.

Would be great to have professional opinion from say DR.

[camaguey48]

Originally Posted by mr kibbles

may have missed it but was wondering if it is true by medical docs that it is safe to swim ,play volleyball or walk in our pools ?? doesn't seem safe if people spit,sneeze,exhale water into pool?? they say it safe because it has chlorine but i thought our pools used salt ??

It's safe. I play water volleyball four days a week at least. We are still alive and having a great time.

[JeanC]

Salt in the pools convert to chlorine.

[MandoMan]

Originally Posted by mr kibbles

may have missed it but was wondering if it is true by medical docs that it is safe to swim ,play volleyball or walk in our pools ?? doesn't seem safe if people spit,sneeze,exhale water into pool?? they say it safe because it has chlorine but i thought our pools used salt ??

Salt is a compound of Sodium and Chlorine. Sodium chloride. NaCl. In a salt water pool, water dissolves the salt so that chlorine can float around killing things. The alternative is pouring in chlorine bleach or using powdered product that releases chlorine when it dissolves. Salt is a lot cheaper, and, I guess, gentler. (I’m not sure.) But the salt concentration is much less than in the ocean. I’m not even sure if it tastes salty. However, it IS strong enough to kill bacteria and viruses, and it doesn’t take long to do it. The process of doing that (or being exposed to sunlight, etc.) uses up chlorine, as I recall, which is why people test the water and add more salt if necessary.

With social distancing, you should be essentially risk free in an outdoor pool, even with spit and mucous and pee. You would be at much greater risk at, say, the average neighborhood pool in the Bronx on a summer afternoon with several hundred kids in the water at once and more lying all around the edge. But that’s not the situation here.

[Stu from NYC]

Originally Posted by Choro&Swing

Salt is a compound of Sodium and Chlorine. Sodium chloride. NaCl. In a salt water pool, water dissolves the salt so that chlorine can float around killing things. The alternative is pouring in chlorine bleach or using powdered product that releases chlorine when it dissolves. Salt is a lot cheaper, and, I guess, gentler. (I’m not sure.) But the salt concentration is much less than in the ocean. I’m not even sure if it tastes salty. However, it IS strong enough to kill bacteria and viruses, and it doesn’t take long to do it. The process of doing that (or being exposed to sunlight, etc.) uses up chlorine, as I recall, which is why people test the water and add more salt if necessary.

With social distancing, you should be essentially risk free in an outdoor pool, even with spit and mucous and pee. You would be at much greater risk at, say, the average neighborhood pool in the Bronx on a summer afternoon with several hundred kids in the water at once and more lying all around the edge. But that’s not the situation here.

If they never empty the pools but keep adding salt would think that the salt concentration goes up and up.

How do they control salt concentration?

[Pamelah]

How do you social distance playing water volleyball? Seems crazy to me.

[daca55]

Originally Posted by fishon

Old people leak more than toddlers.

Wish you didn’t bring that fact to our attention😫😫

[gregcharlesnelson@gmail]

Originally Posted by Pamelah

How do you social distance playing water volleyball? Seems crazy to me.

My concern too. I do water classes with plenty of distance or swim laps..all seem safe to me.

[Dgizzi]

Originally Posted by Pamelah

How do you social distance playing water volleyball? Seems crazy to me.

Right? And they are on top of each other. We went to check it out. The pool is huge and they have them huddled together. 6 people on each team. You can Hardly move! They should make the courts bigger. But yea, I think that is why so many people are putting their own pool in. The bad stuff I hear about activities at the pool. Seems worse than kids. I don’t have to swim that bad.