Might be draining my pool in the next few days in order to put up a bigger one I bought for next year on craigslist just to test its integrity. Seems prudent to be sure it actually holds water before I pass on all the end-of-season sales and end up paying too much at the beginning of next year. My current pool is about 3500 gallons. All it has in it is salt (1800 ppm); bleach; and 40ish CYA. I don't want to drain it out the bottom drain because I don't want to saturate the site I'll be putting up the bigger pool on. I don't recall any problem draining it into the grass last year, but I didn't have the salt in there and also probably had much less CYA.
1. If I drain it out a hose into the grass or a big bed of perennials, will the chemicals in the pool damage the grass or flowers?
2. If I let the FC get to 1 or zero before draining, is that sufficient to "de-chemicalize" it so it can go down a storm sewer -- or does the CYA or salt pose problems in that regard? Not asking for answers about City codes that bear on it, just wondering from a chemical standpoint, if that makes sense.
Thanks for any info.
1. If I drain it out a hose into the grass or a big bed of perennials, will the chemicals in the pool damage the grass or flowers?
2. If I let the FC get to 1 or zero before draining, is that sufficient to "de-chemicalize" it so it can go down a storm sewer -- or does the CYA or salt pose problems in that regard? Not asking for answers about City codes that bear on it, just wondering from a chemical standpoint, if that makes sense.
Thanks for any info.