The beneficial effects of ozone in water have been shown throughout history.
When introduced to swimming pools and spas, ozone leaves sparking clean water that is healthier for the bather and beneficial to the environment.
What is ozone?
Ozone is a natural gas, produced when oxygen comes into contact with high levels of energy.
In nature this reaction occurs within the atmosphere, when rising oxygen molecules are bombarded with Ultra Violet rays. It also occurs during lightning storms when high voltage bolts of lightning fuse adjoining oxygen molecules together.
Advantages of using Ozone
- kills all virus, bacteria, fungi, and parasites
- decomposes organic waste
- leaves no toxic bi-products
- prevents scaling and greasy deposits
- does not affect the chemical balance
- produced on-site
- decomposes into Oxygen, leaving the water fresh and sparkling clean
- provides a welcome relief from chlorine and bromine
- reduces chemical costs
Please contact us for more information about Ozone products that can be installed at your pool.
Additional Information about Ozone
Following are some ozone facts and methods to enhance the water quality in ozonated swimming pools.
- Ozone will completely eliminate bacteria and viruses, yet it has limited efficiency killing algae. In outdoor swimming pools or indoor pools subject to high levels of sunlight you must maintain a chlorine residual. Dispensed chlorine pucks is the best way to successfully do this.
- Indoor swimming pools and spa’s with limited sunlight may utilize ozone / bromine sanitation. Limited sunlight has the dual advantage of minimizing UV degradation of Bromine while also reducing the ability for algae growth (algae is merely a water borne plant, requiring sunlight, oxygen and carbon dioxide to grow. Without any one of these components it can not survive.) As long as the ozonator regenerates more bromamines than what is being depleted from UV degradation a bromine residual can be maintained.
- Indoor pools in areas with negligible sunlight may use ozone for sole sanitation. Spa’s with a high turn over rate can also use ozone as a sole sanitizer. Because ozone residuals can not be readily tested, visual inspections of the pool or spa must be completed. If you lack confidence in the ability of ozone, you may want to superchlorinate once a week. The chlorine will eliminate all organic material before being consumed by the ozone.
- Ozone and free available chlorine react, depleting both the chlorine and ozone residuals. Therefore if you over ozonate a chlorinated pool you will increase the chlorine consumption. The best method for maintaining a chlorine residual is to turn down the ozonator so that the ozone is consumed oxidizing the organic matter rather than reacting with the chlorine residual (i.e. organic material is more reactive than chlorine molecules). The chlorine will eliminate algae, while the ozone will prevent accumulation of chloramines and other toxic byproducts. The result, a healthier environment for bathing.