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March 2010
Dramatic fall in combined chlorines even with heavy bather loads !
Adelaide Aquatic Centre is the major
municipal swimming pool servicing the city
of Adelaide. The Aquatic Centre began its life
as an outdoor pool in 1969. Since then it has
undergone a series of redevelopments,
including being enclosed by a roof in 1985
and the addition of the leisure pools and two
16-person spas in the late 1980’s and early
1990’s. Today, the Aquatic Centre comprises
four pools: a 4.25 million litre main pool
(split into a 50 metre lap pool and a 33 metre
dive pool) and a 588 kilolitre free-form
leisure pool split into two sections to
effectively become two pools, the Cascade
and the Octopool.
Gordon “Gordo” Friend is Team Leader –
Aquatic Operations for the Adelaide Aquatic
Centre working at the Aquatic Centre for
more years than he would care to remember
and personally witnessing most of the
changes that have taken place over the years.
“This place has gone through many changes
and plant improvements over the years, but
the installation of the Hanovia UV systems
has had by far the largest impact of all in
improving the water quality”, says Gordo.
“We looked at ozone at the time but decided
on UV because it was reported as being more
reliable, and that has certainly proven to be
the case!”
The first of the Hanovia UV systems was
installed on the leisure pool system in the
mid-1990s. Three more Hanovia UV systems
have been added since then – one on the
main / dive pool and one on each of the spa
pools. “We liked the ‘single-chamber’ design
of the Hanovia system”, commented Gordo.
“This allowed us to handle the entire flow
from the very large main pool with a single
system”. Gordo commented that prior to the
installation of the UV systems, the leisure
pools in particular experienced high
combined chlorine levels during heavy bather
loads. Since the UV installation, the
chloramine levels are consistently in the 0.1 –
0.2 ppm range in winter and they never
exceed 1 ppm. “We noticed an immediate
improvement in the water quality as soon as
the UV systems were commissioned - it was a
very significant and positive upgrade”, said
Gordo. “Both pool supervisors and pool
customers have commented on the
improvement”.
Gordo has also been very pleased with the
support he has received from Fluidquip
Australia, the Australian distributor for
Hanovia UV systems. “Since Fluidquip has
been providing the maintenance and
servicing of the Hanovia systems, we have
been more than happy with the level of
support we are receiving”.
Hanovia UV System has
Immediate Effect on Water
Quality at Adelaide Aquatic
Centre’s Indoor Pool