What's the TFP response when your 2 year old has a poo in your pool?

[CGoodyear]

Firstly I'm thinking adoption right...but that's going to take some paperwork so I'll come back to it.

In the short term I just dumped enough bleach in to raise my standard 3 ppm CL to a total of 9 ppm. And put the pump on.

In the baby defence she was wearing a swimming nappy so it was fairly contained, but still gross

Anything else I need to consider??
Was the 9ppm an over/under reaction?

Many thanks.
Chad

 

[HeyEng]

The typical recommendation is to raise the FC to SLAM level and keep out of the water for 24 hours.

 

[justinc]

Remove all solid contents with skimmer net... SLAM for 24-48 hours, then backwash the filter

Leave the skimming net in the pool during the SLAM so any residue on it dies

Has the child been sick? Poop liquid or solid? Sick and liquid means more aggressive response.

Chlorine level for SLAM will be determined by CYA level based on the chart

 

[Jimrahbe]

Chad,

My first though was Boarding School, but I like your idea better...

Thanks for the chuckle,

Jim R.

 

[CGoodyear]

Thanks for the quick response. I checked the app for SLAM level based on last weeks CYA level of 45.
Thats giving me a SLAM Target FC of 10. (If I'm reading the app correctly) so i'm pretty close. I'll dump the rest of my bleach in and hit the store tomorrow.

Are kids ever not sick I would say sick on and off in that department for the last week. How far beyond SLAM do I go to be sure?

 

[crusemm]

I would think, not higher than SLAM, just longer at SLAM level without swimming, maybe 2-3 days?

 

[justinc]

48 hours of SLAMing for liquid poop should be good. Just remember that you should round your CYA up to 50. Backwash after you are done and leave anything you used to remove the poop in the water so that it is exposed to chlorine. When chlorine level falls below SLAM level you can resume swimming after backwash at 48 hours

 

[CGoodyear]

On the bright side it turns out the 6 year old does NOT need to be asked 15 times to get out of the pool, and can in fact exit the water like a Trident missile under the correct conditions.

 

[poolnoobgrandma]

I am not questioning the advice here, but would like to understand the recommendations better, given that we had a poopisode with the grandson recently. I have seen advice ranging from raise FC 2 ppm (CDC) to raise to SLAM levels (TFP). Obviously erring on the side of caution has little downside, except that if we had been at recommended CYA levels (we have a SWCG) it would have been a lot harder to get to SLAM levels.
In our case, we are either going to end up keeping cya a little lower than recommended in case we need to slam, or not raising to full SLAM level after a poopisode.

 

[justinc]

CDC recommendations available here: https://www.cdc.gov/healthywater/swimming/pdf/fecal-incident-response-guidelines.pdf

 

[poolnoobgrandma]

CDC recommendations available here: https://www.cdc.gov/healthywater/swimming/pdf/fecal-incident-response-guidelines.pdf

Right.... I may need to sacrifice a little SWCG life to have a CYA level that doesn't require me to drain the pool if we have a poopisode.

 

[anotherpyr]

The bedtime story about the killer snickers bar...

 

[CGoodyear]

CDC recommendations available here: https://www.cdc.gov/healthywater/swimming/pdf/fecal-incident-response-guidelines.pdf

That's an interesting read thanks.

 

[JimMarshall]

My response is "chlorine kills all things". Hold at SLAM for 24 hours and then go back to enjoying your pool. Don't overthink it.