Solar Ring question in summer

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I’m in Phoenix and lose an outrageous amount of water a day in the summer. Seems wasteful (although it’s not gone it’s just transported elsewhere) and I want to try DIY solar rings. Probably going to 1/2” drip tubing for the ring part.

My question is can I negate the heating effects of it as I don’t want to heat up my pool? Evaporation is cooling but wondering if there is something I’m missing. I read about 10 degree heating effect which in the summer would make the water uncomfortably hot here.

 

[mknauss]

Covering your pool in the summer will drive the temperature up to 100F or higher. I would not recommend it unless you have an evaporative chiller.

 

[TinFoilHat]

There's nothing you can do to avoid evaporation without adding heat to the pool so that's a non-starter. Just accept the fact that you will be adding several inches of water to the pool in the summer. I use an aerator full time from June to September and the water is still just too warm some days, though we enjoy a night swim often. No plans for a chiller for me and the grandkids don't mind the warmth. I put my water saving into changing my fan-spray sprinkler heads to MP rotators that conserve water and cutting down from watering 5 days a week to 3. Eventually we'll remove the front lawn too.