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Organic Waste and Carbon Management | Pillar 2

Bather waste. Non-Living Organics. Body Butter. Grease and oils. Whatever you want to call the organic waste products that contaminate swimming pools, managing them is the second of Orenda's Four Pillars. So what do we know about non-living organics? We know that swimmers and animals that use the pool leave behind oils and other carbon-based waste, and chlorine will try to oxidize these contaminants. Unfortunately, oxidation is not chlorine's specialty. Chlorine–or more specifically, the strong form of chlorine in water, Hypochlorous Acid (HOCl)–is primarily a sanitizer and disinfectant.

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Pool Sanitizers, Part 2: Chlorine Alternatives

While chlorine is the most commonly-used residual sanitizer in the world, there are some alternatives. But not every chlorine alternative is capable of doing everything chlorine does, nor is it capable of doing the job as well as chlorine does. Free chlorine is the most popular sanitizer for a reason. That said, here are some non-chlorine alternative sanitizers.

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