You
do your best to conserve water inside your home, but are you equally
concerned about saving water outside it? Your swimming pool is a big
source of water consumption. While no one’s asking you to drain and
abandon it, there are several ways that you can practice water
conservation while enjoying the benefits of a backyard pool.
Pool
filter maintenance
Your
pool filter can be your best aid or your biggest culprit in your
water conservation efforts. When it becomes too dirty, debris
collects in the pool, and often, you’ll need to backwash your
filter, which leads to huge wastage of pool chemicals and water.
Avoid the need to backwash your filter by religiously following the
filter maintenance steps suggested by your pool contractor.
Cracks
and leaks
Cracks
in the pool assembly can lead to water leaks. Even a small crack can
cause a large amount of water wastage. Check the level of your pool
in the morning and afternoon. If there’s a significant drop, that’s
a sign that your pool may already have a crack. Call a pool expert to
locate the source of the leak and have it patched.
Pool
cover
Without
a pool cover, an average-sized pool can lose up to 1 inch of water
per week in the summer. A properly fitting pool cover can
significantly reduce your pool’s water evaporation rate.
