Pool Water Purification

[JamesW]

The total all-in costs for the equipment are probably too high to make the business viable.

Most people would need to take out a business loan and the monthly payments would be very high just to pay the loan.

You also have other business expenses including operational expenses, overhead, labor etc. and you would need to have a continuous stream of customers willing to pay a high price just to break even.

 

[Bperry]

A couple of rain barrels and a downspout to fill them might allow customers to do more frequent mini drain and refills if there’s really a serious problem of high calcium water and high water cost.

 

[JoyfulNoise]

Many people do pay a pool service company to do a drain/refill so it should be compard to that not a DIY drain/refill.

Agreed ... and they pay an excessive premium for that too which is far more cost effective for the service company than an RO system.

For example, my neighbor had her pool drained and refilled many years ago (we talk a lot and share price/contractor info). She's one of those folks that calls the local fire department to come in and change the batteries in her smoke alarms. I don't think she or her husband own a screwdriver nor would they know which end to use. They are the epitome of anti-DIY. Their pool service company charged them $350 to drain and refill their pool (because they thought it was "time" and they should have it done since the water was "old"). $350 for the service, $250 for the water bill at the end of the month .... and the service provider did it in the month of February which around here means that your water usage volume (Dec/Jan/Feb) is used to calculate your sewer fees for the remainder of the year!! So they paid a premium for some dude to show up with a submersible pump, throw it in the deep end, and drain the pool into their backyard ... and then they paid an extra price all year long because their sewer rate went up artificially.

Long story short, you'll never make draining and refilling a pool cheaper than simply doing it yourself and using your existing municipal or personal well water.

And comparing to commercial pools is apples-to-oranges ... they operate on a completely different scale and have completely different code requirements as their operation is dictated by local health department regulations.

 

[kul]

Via RO I only had to replace about 15% of the water in the pool. Similar to the other post from CA it was during severe drought/restrcitions in our area. Better than replacing all 15000 gallons. Though if water conservation is not a concern where you are then drain/fill is probably easier and cheaper.