Treating An Inground Pool With No Filtration System

[MRsmith]

Hi,

My wife's family has built an inground pool in Thailand that is about 10m x 5m and when full the water is around 1.5m deep. It's completely tiled but has no filtration system and they haven't been treating it so the end result has been clean water for a short time then progressively dirtier water until it's unsafe to swim and then they empty, clean and refill it. This is obviously not a very good way of going about things and a huge waste of water (though they don't refill it often) but they are in a remote area and the price to buy and install a filtration system is very expensive so I said I would try to find out what the options where for treating such a pool.

Is there anything that can be done? Can we add chlorine to the pool with other chemicals to keep it clean and safe for swimming? Will it be neccessary to mix the chemicals by hand? I would really appreciate any advice that anyone might have to offer.

thanks

[quantumchromodynamics]

I think they should get a filtration system.

[4serendipity]

You could potentially turn the pool into an organic swimming pond. It would take some reaearch and worj to be sure but the end result can be self sustaining. You need to increase the oxygen in the water by installing a waterfall or two as well as changing the aquatic structure by adding organic materials to the floors and bringing in various forms of aquatic plants that will survice in the local climate.

Tons of information is available online for this relatively unknown subject. You do not need chlorine or other santizers that are designed to kill everything, good or bad, in the water. Instead embrace a natural ecosystem approach to water sanitation by utilizing plants and other forms of beneficial aquatic life.

I hope this information is helpful.

S