On Thu, Mar 01, 2001 at 08:32:16PM -0600, Jim Choate wrote:
Interesting! I just installed an Ozone generator on our 30,000 gallon in-ground pool. The Ozone generator (a unit based on high-vacuum UV lamps rather than the electric discharge arc mentioned in the article) in combination with a silver/copper ion injector should virtually eliminate our use of halogen oxidizers (chlorine shock) and halogen sanitizers (bromine). Ozone is one of those schizophrenic substances. In the upper atmosphere it's vital to all life on the planet. At ground level it's a major contributor to smog. In water treatment, it's just now coming into it's own as beating the bejesus out of chlorine in sanitizing water (it kills crytpo-sporidium (sp?) where chlorine is ineffective) and it's a way for pool owners to eliminate use of ozone destroying halogens. Almost surreal. Ozone helps eliminate ozone destroyers and is an incredible oxidizer (well, duh!) and sanitiser and helps eliminate halogen polution while it's a smog contributor itself. Life's LITTLE ironies. :-)
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