Any swimming pool open to the atmosphere will lose water through evaporation right throughout the year. The rate of evaporation will naturally be slower during the colder months and considerably higher during the warmer months and warmer days in any month. Also, the larger the water surface area of your swimming pool, the greater the amount of water that will evaporate. And if you have a pool heater operating, the increased temperature of the water in your pool will raise the rate of evaporation no matter what the season of the year.
This results in the need to replenish the water in your swimming pool on an on-going basis with a more frequent need for topping up the water during summer and other warm periods.
And therein lies one of the “hidden” costs of owning a swimming pool – the additional cost of water consumption at your home.
As we become more environmentally-aware as a society, we realise that we need to conserve our water resources as best we can. Any steps that we can take as individuals will help our environment, will assist our community to preserve our society’s sources of water, and will reduce our own personal costs of water consumption. A swimming pool enclosure, therefore, is a magnificent way to assist with these aims.
Note that an enclosure doesn’t stop evaporation of water in your swimming pool from happening. However, when an enclosure is closed it is considerably, though not entirely, sealed and water that evaporates from the swimming pool becomes trapped inside the enclosure. Much of the evaporated water will condense on the inside of the enclosure and drip off or down the inside of the enclosure and back into the swimming pool. You therefore retain much of the water level in your pool.
And this has an added benefit that your swimming pool enclosure becomes considerably self-cleaning on the inside.
With a swimming pool enclosure, the overall loss of water from your pool through evaporation is considerably reduced. And you won’t need to top up the water level of your pool as much nor as frequently as you would without an enclosure.
Save water for the environment and the society! And get a return on your investment in a swimming pool enclosure by saving on the cost of water consumption!
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