How much does it cost to treat swimming pool water?
Swimming pool water needs to be treated in a number of ways, firstly by filtration which is achieved by passing pool water through a high rate sand filter connected to a self – priming swimming pool pump and this process mechanically removes unwanted debris from the pool water. The cost of running the pool pump will depend on the size of pool and in turn the size of the pump. Assuming an average UK domestic pool to be 15 x 30 with an average water depth of 4 with 12,700 gallons then a filter of 19 diameter connected to a.55Kw self- priming pump should be effective in most cases. The cost of running this size pump is currently around 200 per season (calculation based upon a 20 week season with the pool pump running 8 hours in a 24 hour period at a cost of.04p per unit) To this cost should be added the cost of chemicals to maintain water quality and ensure safe swimming again assuming a pool size of 15 x 30 then the annual cost of chemicals if carefully controlled will be in the order of
