Domestic pools can be sanitized with a number of different products, all designed to make the water safe to swim in and to keep the water and the pool in pristine condition.

The most common sanitizing products are:

BATHURST

POOL TREATMENT

CHLORINE:

A number of different chlorine types can be used in pools, such as sodium hypochlorite (liquid chlorine), calcium hypochlorite (calcium based granular chlorine), lithium hypochlorite (lithium based granular chlorine) dichloro-isocyanurate (sodium based stabilised chlorine) or trichloro-isocyanurate.

Learn more about how chlorine works.

SALT:

A salt chlorinator uses an electrolytic process to convert the salt in a pool to chlorine, which eventually reverts back to salt again in a continuous cycle.

Learn more about how salt chlorination works.

IONISER:

       An ioniser uses an electrolytic process across probes made from a metal mix

        to disperse ions into the pool water, usually copper and silver.

Learn more about how ionisers work.

BIGUANIDE:

       A non-chlorine product that is easier to use than chlorine and ideal for above    

        ground pools due to it’s reduced level of corrosiveness.

Learn more about how biguanide works.

TESTING:

       Testing shows the levels of various parameters that affect pool water, such as          pH, total alkalinity, calcium hardness, chlorine and salt (if a salt pool).