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Clearing The Air

Understanding chlorine demand, secondary disinfection, monitoring, and changing codes helps operators protect swimmers and reduce liability.

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Photo Credit: Courtesy of National Swimming Pool Foundation

Protecting the health and safety of pool-goers continues to be the number-one concern for aquatic-facility managers and operators. By June, the season has begun, and the majority of recreation facilities are in full operation. All sanitizing equipment should be operational to meet bather demand.

Chlorine demand will dictate the design of the sanitizing systems for a facility. The demand is based on various parameters:

- Volume (gallons)