Today is a travel day. Ill get toyour questions this evening when i get to my destination.
Well me too. Where are you headed? Will I see you in San Juan?
Unless San Juan is a cove or beach on Lake of the Ozarks I doubt I will be seeing you.
In regards to water. Not aware of anything that you can put in the pool to detect urine. But here is a little trick. If you can “smell chlorine,” the chances are that you are “smelling urine.” A perfectly balanced pool will not smell of chlorine. That smell is actually chloramines. Chloramines are produced when chlorine interacts with body waste (sweat, urine, feces). So that smell is generally associated with high bather loads. Don’t use the smell test to see if a pool is safe to swim in.
This combines pretty well with
@CNS ‘s question. Shock is used to do 2 things in a pool. First, rapidly raise chlorine level. Good for start ups or after a heavy rain or party when there is no chlorine. Tablets are slow working and take time to raise chlorine levels to adequate. The 2nd reason is to burn off chloramines. Tablets do not raise the chlorine level adequately to free the pool of chloramines. So you need to shock once a week during swim season to keep your pool rid of the chlorine smell from the associated chloramines.
And to summarize. If you are in a pool that you can “smell the chlorine,” absolutely bath at the soonest convenient possibility. As for me, I routinely sub my pool as my bathing means. Like all summer long my routine is to immediately get in my pool after work to knock off the dust and sweat. I have my pool balanced so the pH is perfect for the skin. And it is chloramine free. Higher ph than 8 and you are subject to skin rashes. Lower than 7 and you are at risk of the burning eyes and dry skin. I shower about once a week due to this and am always refreshed.
Yes, I am probably going to be looked at as a caveman of sorts for this approach but I am of an age an mind where I do not care.
