Green Your Pool

Posted by Lyndsey P. Bakos-Schneider

Green Your Swimming Pool

Use natural alternatives to pool chemicals.
Using natural alternatives to chemicals to clean the water in your pool aids in removing damaging chlorine from the air and the groundwater. It also keeps it away from your body, where it can also cause harm.  Today’s options include underwater emitters that use sound waves to keep algae from growing; special plants that eliminate contaminants; saltwater that produces natural chlorine; and ionizers that use metals, ozone, or ultraviolet light.

Cover your pool.
Simply covering your pool with a pool cover (otherwise known as a solar cover or thermal blanket) helps the environment in the following ways: it keeps both water and heat from evaporating at dramatic rates and it helps keep pool chemicals, if you use them, from polluting the air.

Landscape close to your pool.
Simply landscaping more closely to the pool allows you to water plants from water that splashes out and runs off from the pool, saving significantly on water use. You can also add trees and shrubs close to the pool, which will create a wind break that decreases water evaporation for when the pool is in use; just make sure they’re not blocking the sun on the pool, which creates natural solar energy.