Keep Water in Your Pool as Temperatures Drop

When the air gets cooler and drier each evening, pool owners and operators will notice that their pool water is becoming uncomfortably cool and that there is less of it. And soon the days will also get cooler and drier! As pool water temperatures drop faster, the water level will sink more quickly. For many people, pool season is considered over and there are no more relaxing dips in the pool until next year. But not for everybody!

Most of the heat loss that pools experience, particularly at this time of year, is due to pool water evaporation.

Water molecules that have enough energy (which we experience as heat) to escape the attraction of the neighboring water molecules are the ones that leave the pool. When these energetic water molecules evaporate, a significant amount of heat is leaving with it. What is left behind are the less energetic (colder) water molecules.

Evaporation means water loss, and when the air temperature is lower than the water temperature, it means major heat loss, too. As the weather changes and we experience more cool dry air and breezes above warm pool water, the environment is working for evaporation and against the interests of pool owners. And we’d all like to help pool owners out.

Lo-Chlor’s Aqua Blanket® “liquid cover” product dramatically outperforms the traditional products in this product category. The older products are built from isopropyl alcohol or ethanol and must be dosed often, either daily or continuously. Aqua Blanket persists and invisibly and unnoticeably modifies the surface layer of the water to restrain evaporation. And whenever the air is cooler than the water, pool water heat is conserved as well.

Aqua Blanket in pool water is safe for swimming. It is exceptionally efficient, requiring only 3 ounces dosed once per week in a 15,000-gallon pool. It operates around the clock, making the pool water available 24/7. And unlike a solid cover, Aqua Blanket never needs to be rolled up and dragged away or heaved, once again, over the top of the pool to hide its beauty.

Keep water comfortable and extend the pool season with Aqua Blanket.