Pools
Everyone's pool is a different size and cleanliness varies - but you're using between 570 to 1140 litres of water every time you backwash your filter.
Buy a pre-filter for your pool's skimmer basket and filter out very small particles of pollen, bugs and debris. This will reduce the frequency of backwashing your filter. Help your pool become water efficient.
Follow these tips and save water and energy:
- Limit backwashing to 1 to 2 minutes or until the water becomes clear. Some pool owners backwash more frequently and longer than necessary, thus wasting water, energy and chemicals. Backwashing wastes approximately 320 litres of water per minute.
- Use a pre-filter to reduce backwashing to three or four times per season. A pre-filter is a fine mesh cloth that fits snugly over the skimmer baskets and is used to collect very fine particles before they reach the filter. Pre-filter the first vacuum of the season.
- Inspect the pump strainer basket and the skimmer basket daily. Remove all debris. This will result in cleaner water and improve water circulation.
- Repair leaks. You may have a leak if you are frequently topping up your pool.
- Cover up to prevent heat and water loss. Proper use of a pool will prevent about 40 per cent of heat loss, especially in the spring and fall periods and on cool summer evenings. This will also reduce water loss by 30 per cent.
Heating and water cost savings could be about $189 per season.
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