Down the drain: as environmentally sensitive areas crack down on pool-water disposal, professionals wonder where the liquid should go.(Chemicals Quarterly Market Report)

From: Pool & Spa News | Date: June 4, 2004| Author: Robledo, Rebecca | Copyright information

If you live in the right areas, you've probably heard the same story over and over again. A veteran service technician--let's call him Joe Pool--is finishing up a call. The total dissolved solids are more than 2,000 parts per million, so it's time to empty the pool. He sets up the pump and sends the water to the gutter.

The next thing he knows, a police officer is waiting by his truck. Joe wasn't supposed to send pool water into the storm drains.

This often-en...

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