Kind of an odd question I suppose.

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Killypumpkin

Killypumpkin

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May 19, 2015
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Sicklerville nJ
Been doing BBB for years now. No issues besides some opening swamps. This year was really bad with the hot April and May in the NE.

I just had a baby and I'm looking to ease things up even more and considering a SWG.

I have only been in two salt pools. One was a friend who must have used too much salt because I got some in my mouth and it was putrid. You could SEE the salt. Second was at an indoor water park. I could hardly taste it on my lips and the water felt almost soft to swim in. It took away that bad view of salt.

Issue IS I have a son with renal disease and he has a VERY low salt diet. 500mg a day. He cannot swim in the ocean as we know 1500 a tsp can hurt him.

Does anybody happen to know how much salt per tap is in a well maintained salt pool? Cannot seem to find this odd information on google.
 
Well I googled "how much salt in a gallon of seawater" and found a reference that said "seawater is about 3.5% salt by weight, which means 1 gallon water should yield about 4.5 ounces of salt". ASSUMING THIS IS ACCURATE INFORMATION:

1 US liquid gallon = 768 US teaspoon
It is said that a salt pool is about 10% of the salinity of seawater, so
10% of 4.5 ounces salt = 0.45 ounces salt
0.45 ounces salt / 768 = 0.0005859375 ounces salt in one tsp of salt pool water
0.0005859375 ounces is about 16.6mg salt per tsp in a salt pool

CHECK MY MATH, CHECK WITH YOUR DOCTOR, CHECK EVERYTHING BEFORE PUTING YOUR SON IN A SALT POOL! Good luck!
 
Salt fully dissolves in water, whatever you were seeing in that pool was not salt. You should barely be able to taste the salt in a saltwater pool or not at all for some folks. All pools have salt in them, usually 500-1500 ppm. All forms of chlorine add salt as does muriatic acid, tap water and people. Human tears contain 9000 ppm of salt. A typical saltwater pool has 2800-3400 ppm salt. The ocean has 35,000 ppm salt.

The normal pool experience in a saltwater pool is that it is softer on skin, easier on eyes and barely has a no hint of salt taste.
 
Thanks all! I don't think it's going to be a drastic amt or I think I would "have heard" as it's common to talk about the ocean with a low salt diet and smaller kids.

If I'm not mistaken salinity varies in the Pacific and Atlantic too. Somebody correct me if I'm wrong, but I think the Atlantic is saltier.

166 is still a lot more than I'm comfortable with with his age.

Thanks for doing the math! If this is the case that's non issue. I'll just need to be careful with adding my salt.
 
You could get yourself a Taylor K-1766 Salt Test and a cheap kiddie pool (or bathtub) to try with a smaller volume of water, before converting your whole pool. The salt test will enable you to measure salinity in increments of 200ppm. I have the Pentair IC40 salt water generator which requires a salt level of 3600ppm for ideal performance.
 
I'd ask your doctor. As I understand it, the correct level for my SWG is 10% of salt in the ocean. My IC-40 requires about 3400-3600 ppm for optimal use. I love it, as long as it continues to keep working. As to the taste, most of my swimming guests say you can taste it but it is very slight.
 
Mg/l and ppm is a 1:1 ratio. Saltwater pool is around 3000 ppm. If I am reading this right if you drink/absorb 1 litre of pool water that is 3000 mg of salt.

1 l = 3000
1/2 l = 1500
1/8 l or 16 oz = 375 mg of salt

That's drinking more than a pop can of pool water, I'm not sure the rate you would absorb salt through the skin in the pool, might be going the other way, taking salt from your body as well.

I would consult a doctor with correct information about it but should be fine, I would get the Taylor drop salt test either way to test your own pool water and your own tap water regularly. I believe you can get 25 - 50 ppm with it.
 
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