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big inflatable pool or swimming pool before the winter comes?


Do you leave water all the year?

Would you let the water from pool run into sewer pipe? If yes, why?

Would you use chlorine water from pool for domestic household and garden purposes instead of go to drainage pipe? If yes, why?


I told you in my other thread that we have big inflatable pool. We had it since last week and take care of pool with chlorine table to keep the water clean… (chlorine tablet every 2 weeks and use filter pump everyday)…I am going to take care of pool with vaccum pool this weekends. It could be once a week. I hate waste of water if I threw water away to sewer pipe but the problem is chlorine… That’s why I’m wondering either chlorine water from pool to use garden, flowers, plant, domestic household, water cars (without soap accord Enivornment law) etc are harmful or not? What have you any suggestion to use chlorine water for any purposes?

I would be appreciate for your feedback and share your experiences here with us. :thumb:
 
Sorry I am not expert. My good friend Lee lives in Arkansas and did clean outdoor swimming pool. Hope anyone will help you. :)
 
Well, well, I grew up having family swimming pool in backyard. I don't know why my dad would drain the water out. It really depends on how cold the winter it could become, if it is extremely cold, its better to drain to avoid damage to the swimming pool. Ice DO expand and can do damage, I have seen one happen couple years ago.
About chlorine, does not matter where you get chloride water from. All chlorine is the same thing. Even the bleach that you'd use in laundry, SAME THING! These water treatment plants use the same product, swimming pool store sells the same thing. The only different with swimming pool store products from others is that they add "Anti-shock" treatment. I think it is joke, BUT some people are sensitive, not my famly. We always use chlorox, they are far cheap! Many of our friends came over our swimming pool and love it! I asked them why? They said wow my eyes don't burn as much as city swimming pool do. You can drink chlorox, BUT it would give you gastetric reaction in your tummy (You'd burp and fart alot) and it is NOT funny but you'd live. I know because it happens in the news where abusive mom forced her 5 years old son drink 1 cup of pure chlorox as punishment. His son survived and the news explained that it is NOT poisous, but rather give real bad tummy ache. Yea the mother went jail for this.
 
I admit I dont know what to do with chlorine water?? I never had swimming pool here so dunno about that.. It is a good question, indeed. Maybe can ask the Foresty commison what to do with that.. i dont know? hmm
 
diehardbiker65 said:
Well, well, I grew up having family swimming pool in backyard. I don't know why my dad would drain the water out. It really depends on how cold the winter it could become, if it is extremely cold, its better to drain to avoid damage to the swimming pool. Ice DO expand and can do damage, I have seen one happen couple years ago.
About chlorine, does not matter where you get chloride water from. All chlorine is the same thing. Even the bleach that you'd use in laundry, SAME THING! These water treatment plants use the same product, swimming pool store sells the same thing. The only different with swimming pool store products from others is that they add "Anti-shock" treatment. I think it is joke, BUT some people are sensitive, not my famly. We always use chlorox, they are far cheap! Many of our friends came over our swimming pool and love it! I asked them why? They said wow my eyes don't burn as much as city swimming pool do. You can drink chlorox, BUT it would give you gastetric reaction in your tummy (You'd burp and fart alot) and it is NOT funny but you'd live. I know because it happens in the news where abusive mom forced her 5 years old son drink 1 cup of pure chlorox as punishment. His son survived and the news explained that it is NOT poisous, but rather give real bad tummy ache. Yea the mother went jail for this.
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Will it hurt the grass or plant if you dump it on the ground??
 
:ugh2: want to drain that water out of pool with chlorine.. wash your clothes which you bleach.. use that.. (recycle).. hehe.
or dump in drain.. same concept that you wash clothes with chlorine and where it go.. in drain.. :dunno: same thing.


better not dump over the grass cuz it will "burn" cause yellowish.. or killing them too.
 
Usually you only empty a large inflatable pool once per season, unless you had some major contamination from something. Then, you just drain it into the sewer system, thru a storm drain. The water isn't really good for gardens because of the chemicals. It will affect the pH balance. If it's really diluted, you can let it flow onto the grass without too much damage.

You can wash cars with it but probably should use regular water for a final rinse. (I don't quite understand what you mean "without soap accord Enivornment law".)

Hubby pressure washes our house a few times per year with a mixture of bleach, detergent, and water, and it oversprays on the lawn and shrubs. He rinses them off with clean water, and everything is fine.

You can use the water for flushing toilets, if you want to go to the trouble of hauling it into the house.
 
This was a pretty good question and it had me stumped..so I did a little research. In many areas, it is against the law to drain pools directly into the street or sewer system. The reason..those drain directly into your local waterways and are toxic mix for wildlife. In my area, drains go directly into our delicate Chesapeake Bay...so I kept looking for answers. The best one I found says:

Discharge pool water containing copper orchlorine to the sanitary sewer system through a sewer cleanout, laundry sink, or other interior plumbing fixtures. The sanitary sewer system is designed to remove many pollutants from water.QUOTE]

That is probably the best option since your local water treatment plant would be equipped to filter out chemicals and other foreign matter. Instead of draining into a street drain, run it into a drain inside of your house.
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Pomeranian said:
Will it hurt the grass or plant if you dump it on the ground??
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It takes about 2 weeks for chlorine to dissipate on its own. Then it should be safe to use on grass and landscaping.
 
Taylor,
Those are good points. I guess Leibling should check her own local regulations.

I know that many people here have systems that empty into the storm drains.

This is what I could find for South Carolina:

1.2.1.3.2 Are designated for permit authorization by SCDHEC or EPA pursuant to South Carolina Water Pollution Control Permits Regulation 61-9 122.32 and 40 CFR §123.35.
1.2.2 The following are types of authorized discharges:
1.2.2.1 Storm water discharges. This permit authorizes storm water discharges to waters of the State or waters of the United States from the SMS4s identified in Section 1.2.1, except as excluded in Section 1.3.
1.2.2.2 Non-storm water discharges. You are authorized to discharge the following non-storm water sources provided that the Department has not determined these sources to be substantial contributors of pollutants to your SMS4:
a) Water line flushing
b) Landscape irrigation
c) Diverted stream flows
d) Rising ground waters
e) Uncontaminated ground water infiltration (infiltration is defined as water other than
wastewater that enters a sewer system, including foundation drains, from the ground through such means as defective pipes, pipe joints, connections, or manholes. Infiltration does not include, and is distinguished from, inflow.)
f) Uncontaminated pumped ground water
g) Discharges from potable water sources
h) Foundation drains
i) Air conditioning condensate
j) Irrigation water (not consisting of treated, or untreated, waste water)
k) Springs
l) Water from crawl space pumps
m) Footing drains
n) Lawn watering
o) Individual residential car washing
p) Natural flows from riparian habitats and wetlands
q) Dechlorinated swimming pool discharges
r) Street wash water
s) Discharges or flows from fire fighting activities
 
We leave our water in the pool all year round, like many Australian pools owners I know, no problem, why should we empty it for the sake of winter?
 
On second thought, its because of German's extreme cold winter, it can ruin your pool, its best to empty it regular because of it?
 
Opal said:
On second thought, its because of German's extreme cold winter, it can ruin your pool, its best to empty it regular because of it?
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My recollection of this, having grown up in Minnesota is that the pool does not have to be entirely emptied to protect the pool from the elements.........just emptied to below the frost line. In Minnesota, if I recall correctly, the frost line is somewhere like 54 inches below ground. This means that the pool would be a safe place for little ones to learn how to ice-skate by skating in a 2/3 empty pool, lol!
 
In my area, you can't drain your pools all the way. The underground water-table is so high, that a drained pool will lift out of the ground, floating on the underground water. Too bad someone did not tell that too my friends grandmother when I was a kid....she drained her underground pool and it lifted up out of the ground, breaking all the concrete around it and damaging the pool :( I tell you...it sucked that summer not having that pool ;)
 
Nope, it won't cause damage to grass. I have been there, my dad always drain water and I never saw yellish burnish grass. They are usually caused by pesticide.
DoofusMama said:
better not dump over the grass cuz it will "burn" cause yellowish.. or killing them too.
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I have been using the 'Easy Set Up" pool that came with filters for more than 6 years. I drained the water out to the street with long hoses. What I do before draining, I let the pool uncovered for several days so the sun and rain can neutralize the water. Then I use chlorine strip to see if there are any chlorine left.. If not then I drain the water out..
 
Taylor said:
In my area, you can't drain your pools all the way. The underground water-table is so high, that a drained pool will lift out of the ground, floating on the underground water. Too bad someone did not tell that too my friends grandmother when I was a kid....she drained her underground pool and it lifted up out of the ground, breaking all the concrete around it and damaging the pool :( I tell you...it sucked that summer not having that pool ;)
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We have the high water table problem here, too. Many of the "in-ground" pools here are actually installed in built up berms rather than the level ground. It's so bad that sometimes when people dig holes for installing fences, the water gushes up in those holes.

You're right about in-ground pools rarely being emptied. Usually that's only necessary for repairs or painting, and even then, just for a short time.

Liebling's pool is an inflatable above ground, so I think she wants to store it away during the winter.

At our previous SC house, we had an above-ground round "framed in" pool. One day and I saw the side of the pool suddenly collapse, and all those gallons of water just flooded our back yard like Niagara Falls! That was a quick ending to our pool, and a quick deep watering for our lawn. :D
 
Ummm I do have an above the ground pool. Last fall, my pool water with chloride in it was accidently drained out onto my yard. So now since you brought it up, I don't see any problem to this day which includes that I have army of animals livng all over my place. They seemed not be to affected by it either. So I don't see any problem with it.
 
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