Introduction
Pools and spas have now become an essential component of high class motels, hotels, private clubs, schools and apartment buildings. They constitute one of the major components of such places which attracts the public towards them. These pools and spas in such places are mostly under constant use therefore it is quite essential for them to kept clean all the time. Hence the maintenance of pools and spas is as important as having them. These pools and spas have to be maintained and kept cleaned not because it will make them look good but because it is essential for the general public health as well. Even if one has a pool or a spa in their place the maintenance of the pools they possess is very important.
History
Water is considered as one of the major carriers of all sorts of diseases, especially stationary water. Various kinds of dangerous fungi and microorganisms tend to grow on still water over a period of time due to which water in pools and spas has to changed regularly. Also since swimming pool is used by many people especially pools made for public use it may carry many different germs which can have detrimental effect. The basic components of pool & spa supplies include items that are either involved in replacing the old dirty water and chemicals that are required to kill microorganisms and inhibit fungi accumulation.
Features
Some common items that are essentially present in all kinds pool & spa supplies are: a motor pump, filter and chlorine. Motor pump is responsible for pumping out the old dirty water, filters are naturally used to filter the water while chlorine is used as a disinfectant. These three are however very basic kinds of pool & spa supplies which clean the pool but do not give the 100% purity that is ideally required. Though nothing can actually give a 100% purity but certain pool & spa supplies which are popularly used can at maximum give a purity of 95%. Certain micro filters are so precise that they can remove even smallest of particles. Chemicals such bromine and Lithium Hypochlorite have proved to highly effective disinfectants for pools. For spas which are smaller than swimming pools the smell of bromine and chlorine may be annoying to some. To overcome that Spa poppits can be used as disinfectants as these are chlorine and bromine free. Other pool & spa supplies include cleaners, polishers, micro filter pumps and anti fungal and bacterial solutions.
Tips and Comments
For hotels, motels, clubs and schools owning pools and spas, maintenance should not be much of a problem as there are many different companies that provide the services of daily, weekly and monthly cleaning services. If that not, they can train their staff properly regarding the maintenance of their pools and spas and have them cleaned regularly. For those who have pools and spas at their house having pool & spa supplies for maintenance of their pools is very important. If having to go through intense cleaning looks difficult, the least that you can do is to change the water at least weekly, mop the water and constantly add chlorine or some disinfectant solution in the water.
