Imagine living on the first floor
of a five-story apartment building and people above you took showers and baths
and passed down the water. Apart from filtration and treatment, this water is
essentially the same as in a shared hot –tub. Favorable temperatures and
readily available food make hot tubs ideal places for bacteria to grow and
spread. Dead skin, hair, sweat, algae and dirt provide waterborne germs with
constant nourishment. A poorly maintained hot tub is fertile breeding ground
for germs that cause Legionnaire’s disease, Hot tub lung, pneumonia, urinary
tract infections, Pontiac fever, skin and eye irritations. Powerful pumps, jets
and misters generate small water droplets (aerosols) that can easily find their
way into your lungs. The warm water opens up your skin pores giving germs yet
another avenue to enter your body.
Filtration is the process of
removing particles from the water. Even in the best-maintained hot tubs,
filters tend to have heavy infestation of germs. In a tub with poor filtration,
no amount of chemicals will keep the water sanitary. Dead algae and germs
provide food and shelter for others to emerge. A hot tub’s filter captures many
of the nasty stuff and the bigger the better. If you go shopping on busy day
and only a single cashier is open, it may take forever to go through the check
out. Multiple or bigger filters will remove more particles faster and easier
and improves the health and safety of your hot tub.
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