With the high level of lifestyle in US, swimming pools are becoming a part of residential plans and layout. The following infographics will describe clearly how much the cost of a swimming pool is in US and how much is the consumption of water?
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Swimming Pool Trivia - Facts
- Average cost of swimming Pools Per hour - $ 1 Million.
- It will take 3 days for Niagara Fall to fill all the swimming pools in US.
- Sun evaporates 13 million gallons of water per hour from all US swimming pools.
- Americans spend a total of 190 Billion gallons of water to fill their pools.
- An average rainstorm can fill up to 35000 in-ground pools.
- Billion gallons of pure water is used to fill the pools in US alone. With ground water table going down and the pure water resources diminishing quickly, I don't think we can afford to waste that quantity of water every day.
- Chlorine and Disinfectants are added to the swimming pool water to clean it. These disinfectants increases the pH value of the water in the pool.
- Water that has a higher pH value increases the risk of eczema and rashes. So if you stay in the swimming pool for a longer duration, you will be more susceptible to these kind of ailments.
- When the swimming pool water is discharged into the drain, it either is absorbed by the earth or is mixed with the river water or nearby water resource.
- This makes the ground water or surrounding water resource, with which it was mixed, more acidic in nature. This has serious health hazards for the people and the marine life.