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Amoeba in Swimming Pools
I have been asked by
friends about protecting themselves from amoeba in their
swimming pools. The best answer I can give them is Don’t
Worry. If your pool is kept clean and has free chlorine
available at all times you should be safe.
I have tried to find
some information for those that worry about these things. If
you have a source for related data, please forward it to me.
At the bottom of this
article are some links to information about disinfecting pools
and the specific amoeba causing the deaths locally. My
interpretation of the available data is that the organism is
readily killed by normally
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recommended free
chlorine levels in swimming pools. When you look at the charts
you will find deactivation times for several organisms. Please
consider the entirety of the data before jumping to any
conclusions. As an Example, one of the most difficult
organisms we deal with as Pool Operators is
Cryptosporidium.
When diarrhea, occurs in a Pool,
the health department and state have issued regulations on how
to disinfect the pool. If you look at the charts on these web
sites, it would appear to take almost seven days to kill this
organism. Following regulations we will close the pool and
super chlorinate. We can kill the organism in just 8 hours. We
will later use chemicals to reduce the chlorine level and open
the pool the next day.
The amoeba in
question does not seem to have the same resistance to
chlorine. Free Chlorine levels of 2- 4 ppm will kill this bug.
These are quite normal levels. Also, this bug will not be
introduced into your swimming pool in such a manner or in
large numbers.
Please note that
the sources vary from The American CDC, to researchers, to
Australian water quality managers.
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