What do most hotels do when guests have urinated in the pools?
Feb 1, 2016, 10:03 am
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At most city or club pools I've swum in, a fecal event is about a 1 hour closure. They shock the water with chemicals and do periodic tests until the chemical levels come back to normal ranges.
Urine? There is no such thing as a urine event, because that's happening nonstop. If I look at a pool and see 50 people in it, somebody's probably peeing. Right then.
You just hope no one is dropping a deuce. That's a problem.
For myself, I draw the line at lakes. I won't pee in a pool, but I will pee in a lake. Hey, the fish started it. If you have a problem with it, talk to them.
Urine? There is no such thing as a urine event, because that's happening nonstop. If I look at a pool and see 50 people in it, somebody's probably peeing. Right then.
You just hope no one is dropping a deuce. That's a problem.
For myself, I draw the line at lakes. I won't pee in a pool, but I will pee in a lake. Hey, the fish started it. If you have a problem with it, talk to them.
Feb 1, 2016, 10:05 am
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He ordered "fresh pool water"? The fact he drained the pool for baby bee is weird on its own. But then instead of turning on the hose to fill the pool back up, he ordered pool water? I have to meet this guy. And maybe sell him a time share or two.
Feb 1, 2016, 10:29 am
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(In my area, unless you have a separate meter for irrigation, your water usage is also used to compute the sewer bill. So if you don't have that separate meter, you'd end up getting hit with a pretty sizable sewer bill. (I honestly can't remember if it's legal in this area to use an irrigation-meter line to fill a pool.))
Feb 1, 2016, 11:05 am
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I have a few friends who have inground pools and I don't know anyone who's ever had water trucked in.
They drain in the fall, fill in the spring, and when they fill they do it from their regular supply and it takes a while. I've seen my neighbor do it...overnight and then some.
They drain in the fall, fill in the spring, and when they fill they do it from their regular supply and it takes a while. I've seen my neighbor do it...overnight and then some.
Feb 1, 2016, 11:13 am
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Feb 1, 2016, 11:15 am
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Seriously? Drained his pool because an infant peed in it? That's a whole new level of germaphobe. 
It reminds me of an old joke:
Swim Coach: "Jensen, stop peeing in the pool!"
Jensen: "C'mon coach everybody pees in the pool."
Swim Coach: "Yeah, but not from the diving board."
It reminds me of an old joke:
Swim Coach: "Jensen, stop peeing in the pool!"
Jensen: "C'mon coach everybody pees in the pool."
Swim Coach: "Yeah, but not from the diving board."
Feb 1, 2016, 11:43 am
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I have a few friends who have inground pools and I don't know anyone who's ever had water trucked in.
They drain in the fall, fill in the spring, and when they fill they do it from their regular supply and it takes a while. I've seen my neighbor do it...overnight and then some.
They drain in the fall, fill in the spring, and when they fill they do it from their regular supply and it takes a while. I've seen my neighbor do it...overnight and then some.
Feb 1, 2016, 11:48 am
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This thread reminds me of that scene from Grown Ups 2....
Also, according to snopes.com...
Also, according to snopes.com...
as one old-time Boston-area poolman put it, "If such [urine-indicating] chemicals did exist, every municipal pool in Boston would be bright purple."
Feb 1, 2016, 11:50 am
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Depending on where you're at, it can be far more economical to have water delivered by a truck than to use the water from your hose. Plus of course it would take quite some time to fill a pool from a hose. Obviously this is going to depend on the size of the pool. But I'd guess for most inground pools, people are more likely to have water delivered.
(In my area, unless you have a separate meter for irrigation, your water usage is also used to compute the sewer bill. So if you don't have that separate meter, you'd end up getting hit with a pretty sizable sewer bill. (I honestly can't remember if it's legal in this area to use an irrigation-meter line to fill a pool.))
(In my area, unless you have a separate meter for irrigation, your water usage is also used to compute the sewer bill. So if you don't have that separate meter, you'd end up getting hit with a pretty sizable sewer bill. (I honestly can't remember if it's legal in this area to use an irrigation-meter line to fill a pool.))
I'm sure that in some areas it makes sense to tanker in water for a pool, but there are a LOT of pools in my part of the country and I've never heard of anybody here using anything but a garden hose to fill a pool. For people with wells, they often do need to treat for iron and other metals, for utility water, nothing other than normal balancing.
Feb 1, 2016, 2:18 pm
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My experience as a pool owner was in FL. Had an in-ground pool built and it was filled via a hose connected to the spigot on the house.
Feb 1, 2016, 2:26 pm
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I was out with young niece at McDonalds in the "Ball Room". A voice screams out loudly..."Auntie Annalisa I just peed". Oh, a touch embarassing. I bet McDonalds didn't clean all the balls.
Feb 1, 2016, 2:54 pm
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I have a few friends who have inground pools and I don't know anyone who's ever had water trucked in.
They drain in the fall, fill in the spring, and when they fill they do it from their regular supply and it takes a while. I've seen my neighbor do it...overnight and then some.
They drain in the fall, fill in the spring, and when they fill they do it from their regular supply and it takes a while. I've seen my neighbor do it...overnight and then some.
Feb 1, 2016, 4:21 pm
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