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Chlorine Gas Information

Background Information on Chlorine Gas

Chlorine gas is chlorine in its purest form and is the base element used in the production of all other swimming pool chlorine compounds, including tablets, powders, and liquids. It is used extensively in water treatment systems throughout the world due to its superior efficiency as a sanitizing agent. Since chlorine gas does not contain any of the additives typically found in other chlorinating compounds, it does not promote the rapid buildup of these additives in the pool water.

Most large public and semi-public pools use chlorine gas via automatic feed systems. However, the use of chlorine gas in residential swimming pools is limited to a relatively small number of qualified pool service firms across the nation who are licensed, registered, and specifically trained in its handling and use.

Chlorine gas has been used safely and reliably in residential pool water treatment for more than 30 years. Our system alone is used in over 60,000 pools each week in 14 states.

Creating A safe and sanitary swimming pool environment

No other chlorinating compound can compare to chlorine gas. It is the most efficient means of chemically treating pool water. It significantly reduces the hardening of water, due to its purity. However, as its use is limited to a handful of extremely specialized pool firms, chlorine gas is the least understood chemical in the swimming pool industry. This has allowed inaccurate and misleading information regarding chlorine gas to be generated from within the swimming pool industry. Certain people in the industry have resorted to "Bad Mouthing" our method simply because they cannot effectively compete with our low price, but our customers love us.

Chlorine Gas is Legal

Gas chlorination of swimming pool water is completely legal. Its use as a pool sanitizer is approved by the United States Environmental Protection Agency ("EPA"). Gas chlorination companies are required to be EPA registered, and are also licensed by various state and local agencies. The actual degree of licensing and certification of gas chlorination companies far exceeds that required for any other type of swimming pool service firm.

Also..

Super chlorination is essential to swimming pool maintenance. When super chlorinating is done with any form of chlorine, i.e gas chlorine, sodium hypochlorite, calcium hypochlorite, sodium dischloroisocyanurate, and trichloroisocyanuric acid, there may be an immediate settling out or precipitation of metals from the water and subsequent staining of the pool.

Gas chlorine properly used is least likely (of all methods for chemically treating swimming pools) to cause copper sulfate stains. Because the chlorine and acid are added in gas form, being lighter than water they do not concentrate in the deep end of the pool and will not be sucked up in the main drainer; they will distribute themselves more rapidly and evenly throughout the body of water, thereby eliminating concentrations or pockets of chemicals. This rapid, even distribution serves to quickly dilute the chemicals added.

Because of the ability of gas to distribute itself, a tremendous advantage is achieved - chemicals can be added while the filter system is off, giving the acid an opportunity to be buffered and diluted before going through the system. Gas added directly to the pool eliminates problems caused by other systems that introduce chemicals directly into the skimmer, pump or plumbing (such as tablets in the skimmer or cartridge chlorinators using sodium trichlor).