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Online cost calculators: The first step to reducing pool operating costs

Every year, aquatic facility managers review their operating costs and usually find their electricity bill to be one particular expense that never seems to get cheaper. For an aquatic facility, there is so much equipment that uses electricity that the simply ideology of ‘turning off the lights’ does not help to lower these costs. Everyone realizes an aquatic facility’s mechanical room consumes a lot of electricity; therefore, it is the logical place to start when looking for ways to reduce operating expenses.

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‘Lucky Loonies’ buried in new UBC aquatic centre

In keeping with the classic Canadian tradition of burying one-dollar coins in the playing surface of venues that stage international sporting events, members of the University of British Columbia’s (UBC’s) championship swimming program were recently on hand to bury five ‘Lucky Loonies’ in the floor of their new aquatic centre.

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The intricacies of automated chemical controllers

Proper water balance in commercial pools and spas can be the difference between a safe, attractive facility and a disastrous one. Advances in chemical automation, disinfection methods, and better education on the problems associated with water chemistry have made the aquatic facility operator’s job easier when ensuring pool and spa water is safe for bathers.

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