Im hearing a lot of talk about nuisance algae, and I was wondering about chlorine. Would the use of chlorine make getting rid of the algae easier?
A weak chlorine solution used to be the standard method for scrubbing algae from surfaces on cleaning day. It was very effective at killing the algae. But it also killed beneficial organisms, and that compromised the ecosystem in the pool generally. In 1997, the Barton Springs Salamander was declared an endangered species by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Department. Since that declaration, the cleaning regime has been dictated by the USFW 10a permit, which prohibits the use of chemicals like chlorine. It is also worth noting that chlorine has never been used as a general additive to the waters at Barton Springs. Those waters have always come straight from the springs or from the creek.
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