04/07/2023
WHY SHOWER BEFORE SWIMMING IN A POOL?
When swimmers skip the pre-swim shower, the pool essentially becomes their communal bath. a 2019 Water Quality & Health Council survey found 93% of respondents would never reuse someone else’s bath water, yet 68% admitted they do not always shower before swimming.
Unshowered swimmers contribute to the chemistry of pool water by adding dirt, perspiration, cosmetics, body oils, and traces of urine and faecal matter to the pool.
In 2012, a Dutch research team explored the effectiveness of the pre-swim shower using volunteers who agreed to shower, wearing their bathing suits, in specially constructed shower stalls in which water was collected and analysed over the course of showering. The team found that impurities or “anthropogenic pollutants,” measured from the pre-swim shower levelled off after 30-60 seconds to a relatively constant rate. They concluded that a simple 60-second shower with warm water can be helpful in reducing the majority of pollutants added to the pool by swimmers.
The pre-swim shower is for the health of everyone. Please support us in keeping the water quality at our pool high.
Info taken from: https://waterandhealth.org/healthy-pools/why-shower-before-swimming-in-a-pool/
