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  2. Salt water chlorination - Wikipedia

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    Salt water chlorination is a process that uses dissolved salt (1000–4000 ppm or 1–4 g/L) for the chlorination of swimming pools and hot tubs.The chlorine generator (also known as salt cell, salt generator, salt chlorinator, or SWG) uses electrolysis in the presence of dissolved salt to produce chlorine gas or its dissolved forms, hypochlorous acid and sodium hypochlorite, which are already ...

  3. Swimming pool sanitation - Wikipedia

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    Using a water pump by itself is often not sufficient to completely sanitize a pool. Commercial and public pool pumps usually run 24 hours a day for the entire operating season of the pool. Residential pool pumps are typically run for 4 hours per day in winter (when the pool is not in use) and up to 24 hours in summer.

  4. Portable water purification - Wikipedia

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    [citation needed] Silver ion/chlorine dioxide-based disinfecting agents will kill Cryptosporidium and Giardia, if utilized correctly. The primary disadvantage of silver ion/chlorine dioxide-based techniques is the long purification times (generally 30 minutes to 4 hours, depending on the formulation used).

  5. Hot tub or cold plunge? Experts say there are benefits — and ...

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    How a hot tub stacks up against taking a cold plunge — and what a new study says about the benefits of doing water therapy after a workout.

  6. Disinfection by-product - Wikipedia

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    Swimming pools using chlorine have been found to contain trihalomethanes, although generally they are below current EU standard for drinking water (100 micrograms per litre). [4] Concentrations of trihalomethanes (mainly chloroform) of up to 0.43 ppm have been measured. [5]

  7. Hot tub - Wikipedia

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    The hot tub pump and hot tub heater represent most of the power consumption in a hot tub and vary in use of power depending on their size. [ 4 ] Energy efficiency of portable hot tubs has been studied by the Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PGEC) , [ 5 ] leading to industry responses [ 6 ] and interest from both the California Energy ...

  8. Electrochlorination - Wikipedia

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    It chlorinates drinking water without producing environmental toxins. Unlike other chlorination techniques, electrochlorination generates no sludge or by-products other than hydrogen which must be managed safely. It is safer for the operators of the chlorinators as there is no handling of chlorine gas, which is

  9. Are hot showers bad for your skin? Experts weigh in - AOL

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