Draining salt water

[florentino]

Hello my pool 24 by 12 intex need to come down due to rusted out frame. It is a swg pool and I was wondering have anyone of you drined a whole pool of salt water onto your yards/plants or drained it down the drain ? Thank you for the help.

Sent from my LGMS631 using Tapatalk

 

[duraleigh]

If you have the option, why not put it down the drain? If you are trying to save water for your plants, I doubt that I would do that.

 

[florentino]

Thank you ?

Sent from my LGMS631 using Tapatalk

 

[BlindinOC]

I'm not sure exactly how salty it is but I can definitely tell you that salt isn't good for soil or plants hence the expression salt the earth meaning render it barren

Sent from my SM-J700T1 using Tapatalk

 

[Caco]

The salt would not be the main problem, the chlorine in the water would be an issue though
If you can let your FC drop to low levels and ph is at normal levels then it should be fine for the lawn, as grass is fairly salt tolerant. Some flowers and shrubs are susceptible to salt though, so I would be cautious about disposing to a flower bed
If I had to drain to the garden (and I do when I backwash the filter) I do it at low FC, less than 2 ppm (the lower the better), and do so before rains, so the rain dilutes the salt water. I also try to drain it to different places to prevent build up of salts and boron in the soil.
The other thing to check is are you allowed to drain to the stormwater system, I am not allowed to do that here. Although I have no idea how they would find out it was me ;-)

 

[GaryT58]

The amount of salt in a salt water pool is not that great. Some grass, like bermuda, have no problem with salt water from a pool. The levels are not high enough to render your soil useless, but could damage less tolerant plants.