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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Former lifeguard/lifeguard supervisor/aquatics director here.

Just would like to throw this out there, that in 6 years of working around pools, I promise you-- the MAJORITY of 'bathroom related' incidents that we dealt with more often than not were due to adults, not kids. (obviously excluding the baby pool).

If I had to put a number on it, I'd guess that 80% or more of 'code brown' instances where we had to close down and shock the pool(s), were from adults. Particularly the elderly.

Regarding the subject of the thread? I'll say that if you're talking about a pool with a properly maintained chemical regimen (ie an efficient level of free, and not combined chlorine) particularly if it's an *outdoor* pool, with the UV rays from the Sun doing it's magic...you really have nothing to worry about.

Where I'd start to be concerned is the awful sort of smelly, poorly maintained cheapo-hotel type pools that tend to be indoor (harder to keep chlorine in balance).

For a well managed commercial outdoor pool, that gets lots of sunlight however? Zero concern. You're fine.

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Not a great idea saying there’s zero concern about adults urinating in the pool.  Say you have 100 people in and out of pool during a 4 hour period.  80 of them urinate during their time in the pool.   You come in to swim during the 5th hour along with about 20 new people, half of them adding their urine to the mix.    That’s just gross.  Y’all just nasty.  [/quote]

Whatever you may think about how nasty it is or isn’t, I’m simply telling you that the chemicals used in a pool (again, that is correctly balanced) are shockingly effective at killing nastiness. Especially combined with full sunlight.

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