| Swimming pools are fun and enjoyable to have | | | | Salt pool treatment also includes watching the |
| for relaxation and entertainment, but upkeep and | | | | calcium build-up in the pool, which could affect the |
| maintenance is easier for some options more than | | | | feel of the water and adversely affect the |
| others. Traditional chlorine swimming pools have | | | | treatment system device. Many people are drawn |
| been a mainstay for many years, but salt water | | | | to salt pools because the salt is softer on the skin |
| pools are rising in popularity. The salt water pool | | | | and hair, as chlorine can be irritating. The side |
| treatment process is easier to maintain and has | | | | effects of bleached hair, red eyes and |
| less side effects from the chlorine. | | | | uncomfortable skin that sometimes occur with |
| Pools containing salt water still contain chlorine, but | | | | chlorine pools are lessened with salt pools. |
| it is in a different form than those that are | | | | A salt system is not only more comfortable to |
| chlorine-based. Some people think they can | | | | the body, but it is also more cost effective than |
| escape this chemical altogether when they switch | | | | other chemically based pools. It costs less to buy |
| to a salt water option, but this is not the case. | | | | salt to maintain a salt pool than chlorine for a |
| The chlorine produced in salt water pools comes | | | | traditional pool. This is one of many reasons why |
| from the salt itself that is used to treat them. | | | | pool owners choose to use salt pools and |
| The chemical levels are low, but still effective in | | | | treatments. |
| providing good swimming pool treatment. | | | | A salt water pool is maintained using a salt water |
| The salt treatment system involves a control box | | | | treatment system to keep the water clean and |
| that is used to electrify the water to provide the | | | | safe for swimming. The treatment process |
| amount of chlorination that is needed. The system | | | | involves using chlorine-based salt to sanitize the |
| needs to be monitored and checked for | | | | pool that is still just as effective as when people |
| appropriate salt levels on a regular basis. In | | | | physically add the chlorine chemical to the water |
| addition, the salt treatment must also be checked | | | | the treat the pool. People who use the pool on a |
| for safe levels of alkaline and ph. Acid levels could | | | | regular basis will benefit from not having to be |
| rise if there is a lot of rainfall or if the pool was | | | | concerned about the side effects that chlorine |
| used quite a bit over the course of a week. | | | | causes. |