A company called Clearwater Tech (cwtozone.com) in San Luis Obispo, California makes ozone units for residential use that include air dryers. I’ve seen them at trade shows, but never used one. I’d like to try one out, though. They seem well made. Don’t know how much they cost, just that it’s more than most CD ozone systems.

Another company called Ecosmarte (ecosmarte.com) manufactures a unit that uses a combination of ionization and oxygen to keep the water clean. I have no experience with their products, so I can’t recommend them, or even give you much solid information. Again, I don’t know how much it costs, but you may want to look into it.

Regarding the old-fashioned method of testing and adding chemicals … I think it’s still the best method out there. If you keep your readings in the right ranges, you should have few problems with eye irritation, etc. The expensive, high-tech methods like saltwater chlorine generators, ozone, and so on, seem popular now. I like simple, though. Perhaps that’s just my bias as a builder, though. Less to go wrong.

Anyway, good luck on your build. I hope you and your family enjoy your pool this summer.

Thanks,

P.S… Thanks for all the valuable info you have provided on your site!

Michelle

My nest post was actually going to be out ozone generating systems, but I’ll try to give you a couple of quick answers to questions, not force you to wait breathlessly on me.

I, too, do not recommend salt water chlorine generation systems to my clients. Too much downside, too over-hyped by sales reps — no way they can deliver on all the rosy promises. I have been using ozone systems on a trial basis for a couple of years, and there seem to be few, if any, of the drawbacks associated with salt water chlorine generators.

With regard to Hayward and ozone: I am not aware of an ozone system that Hayward makes. Prozone’s website says that Blue Haven is a “marketing partner.” I’m guessing that means they supply Blue Haven with ozonators.

Concerns about ozone: for residential pools, the best — from what I’ve seen — seems to be corona discharge units, over the older UV technology. That’s the type I’m trying out, and probably what you should be looking at. If you live in area with high humidity, ozonators will have more problems (producing more nitric acid as a byproduct). Also, some areas seem to use suction side methods of introducing ozone into the water; this seems more common in areas where in-floor cleaning systems are popular. A few things should be done differently when building the pool, nothing major, though

Stay tuned for more info in the next post.

I am in the market for a pool and was approaching this with a salt water chlorinating sanitizing system in mind. The first pool company that I have had out is Blue Haven. The Blue Haven sales rep did not recommend salt water and said that Blue Haven will no longer build pools with a salt water system. He highly recommended an Ozone system by Hayward and gave me a fairly detailed explanation of why the Ozone system is better. what can you tell me about Ozone and Hayward? What are the biggest concerns with going with an Ozone system?

Thanks and best regards,

Brendan