Re:Pee, Not Chlorine, Causes Red Eyes from Swimming Pools: C...
by clarkevans on Wednesday February 20, 2019 @12:24PM
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Be it airborne chlorine or chlormines, it is an air-quality challenge. Facilities need to take pool ventilation seriously, especially ways to draw fresh air across the water surface where chloramines tend to linger (they are heavy). However, getting facilities to upgrade their ventilation is hard: it is a substantial cost and there are very little health and occupational safety regulations. Standard pool inspections do not check air quality; and air-quality inspections are time consuming (4h+) and expensive (>1K). At a societal level, we need to be putting patron and staff pressure on facilities that have ventilation problems and letting others now about these health issues.
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Re:Pee, Not Chlorine, Causes Red Eyes from Swimming Pools: C...
by frandroid on Wednesday February 20, 2019 @07:36PM
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Not to mention that good air ventilation close to the pool's surface has the side effect of accelerating evaporation and thus cooling the water, requiring more energy to keep the temperature up...
Re:Pee, Not Chlorine, Causes Red Eyes from Swimming Pools: C...
by londons_explore on Thursday February 21, 2019 @03:37AM
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Putting the exhaust air through a heat exchange unit or dehumidifier can collect most of the evaporated water and lost heat.