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Dramatic fall in combined chlorines even with heavy bather loads !

Adelaide Aquatic Centre is the major

municipal swimming pool servicing the city

of Adelaide. The Aquatic Centre began its life

as an outdoor pool in 1969. Since then it has

undergone a series of redevelopments,

including being enclosed by a roof in 1985

and the addition of the leisure pools and two

16-person spas in the late 1980’s and early

1990’s. Today, the Aquatic Centre comprises

four pools: a 4.25 million litre main pool

(split into a 50 metre lap pool and a 33 metre

dive pool) and a 588 kilolitre free-form

leisure pool split into two sections to

effectively become two pools, the Cascade

and the Octopool.

Gordon “Gordo” Friend is Team Leader –

Aquatic Operations for the Adelaide Aquatic

Centre working at the Aquatic Centre for

more years than he would care to remember

and personally witnessing most of the

changes that have taken place over the years.

“This place has gone through many changes

and plant improvements over the years, but

the installation of the Hanovia UV systems

has had by far the largest impact of all in

improving the water quality”, says Gordo.

“We looked at ozone at the time but decided

on UV because it was reported as being more

reliable, and that has certainly proven to be

the case!”

The first of the Hanovia UV systems was

installed on the leisure pool system in the

mid-1990s. Three more Hanovia UV systems

have been added since then – one on the

main / dive pool and one on each of the spa

pools. “We liked the ‘single-chamber’ design

of the Hanovia system”, commented Gordo.

“This allowed us to handle the entire flow

from the very large main pool with a single

system”. Gordo commented that prior to the

installation of the UV systems, the leisure

pools in particular experienced high

combined chlorine levels during heavy bather

loads. Since the UV installation, the

chloramine levels are consistently in the 0.1 –

0.2 ppm range in winter and they never

exceed 1 ppm. “We noticed an immediate

improvement in the water quality as soon as

the UV systems were commissioned - it was a

very significant and positive upgrade”, said

Gordo. “Both pool supervisors and pool

customers have commented on the

improvement”.

Gordo has also been very pleased with the

support he has received from Fluidquip

Australia, the Australian distributor for

Hanovia UV systems. “Since Fluidquip has

been providing the maintenance and

servicing of the Hanovia systems, we have

been more than happy with the level of

support we are receiving”.

Hanovia UV System has

Immediate Effect on Water

Quality at Adelaide Aquatic

Centre’s Indoor Pool