The Healthier Swimming Directory has moved to piscinasana.wikidot.com in order to provide a clearer, searchable directory as well as interactive forums.
Why the change? Since this directory project began three years ago, the number of locations of safer, non- or low-chlorine pools listed here has expanded to the point that it's difficult to scan for locations in the blog format. The new directory will make it easier to find pools in your area.
This blog exists to create a free directory of chlorine-free/low-chlorine swimming pools.
The directory has grown to over 90 locations with the help of people world-wide!
Please post locations of ozone/salt/uv/other treated pools open to the public.
Click on 'comments' to add information. Please include websites if possible. I will compile and post the information over time.
18 February 2006
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Sydney Olympic Aquatic Centre
http://www.sydneyaquaticcentre.com.au/
Pool water is disinfected outside the pool using either a two-vessel Ozone Treatment system or an Ultra Violet light treatment system.
http://www.sydneyaquaticcentre.com.au/html/fact_file_centre_features.htm
Volanta Park Indoor/Outdoor Pool, Fairhope, Alabama, USA - The water in the pools is kept clean with a state-of-the-art ozone system instead of chemical treatments.
http://www.geocities.com/highlands_pool/photos.htm
the highlands pool in ringwood nj is magnificent and very clean. see website above
Alaska Pacific University has a salt water pool at mosley sports center in achorage alaska
santa monica ymca in santa monica, california uses ozone filtration system!
Salt-water pools are not really chlorine-free, so I don't think you should include them at all on your list.
See http://phoenix.about.com/cs/wet/a/saltpool01.htm
"Salt-water pools are NOT chlorine free pools. A salt-water pool is simply one that utilizes a chlorine generator."
good point about saltwater pools not being chlorine free. interestingly though, i have read that people who are "allergic" to chlorine don't have problems in saltwater pools. and there aren't problems with stinging eyes and chlorine smell. so even though saltwater pools use salt to generate chlorine, there is something about the process that creates a less noxious environment albeit not a chlorine-free one. so, i think they still have a place in this directory as an alternative to the norm (with a note pointing out that saltwater is not chlorine free). maybe there's a more accurate title i can use instead of "chlorine-free swimming" for the directory though. any ideas? thanks for raising your concern, anonymous.
thank you for being such a conscious human... i live in scotsdale arizona and do not now of any healthy pools to swim in do you?
thatswhat@hotmail.com
http://www.mettmann.de/naturfreibad/news.php
very new bath, opened in this year.full biological cleaning of the water!
Please add: www.necon.de the first company to introduce the 100% chemical free ionisation system, this water has drinking water quality and it would be wrong to dismiss this company. All other ionisation companies as pristineblue and others due add chemicals into their pools. They are chlorine free but not chemical free. See the descriptions of pristine blu. shock treatment, carrier and so on. Where are the ingriedents?
Re: chlorine-free pools in the UK: I phoned swiss cottage pool in london, and they said it is not an ozone-treated pool, but is a mixture of UV and chlorine. A lot of pools use this UV-chlorine combination (I've been phoning round lots of places in london - am yet to find somewhere chlorine-free). Does anyone know how much less chlorine it contains than a chlorine-only pool?
100 % Chlorine free Pool in Northern Cyprus (Europe Asia??)Bernies Bar which is open to the public in Baspinar-Lapta in the Kyrenia area has a 20x5m pool, from 1m descending to 2m deep. It is 100 % Chemical free thus cleaned though the NECON ionisation system. No website available.
FYI...The Friedenburg Pool in La Jolla/ San Diego, Ca is NOT an ozone purified pool. We use chlorine the same as the rest of the pools in san diego.
There is a saltwater (non-chlorine) pool in Sundre, Alberta, Canada.
Hello, I'm desperate for an ozone or salt water pool to use in west London (somewhere around Gloucester Road). There is the Ethos centre at Imperial college but it costs £500pa OFFPEAK! Many thanks for any help. J
In the UK Holmes Place have ozone treated pools in many of their clubs but this is probably equally expensive if you only use it for swimming.
The ADA hotel in North Cyprus has a chlorine free pool it is truly wonderful to swim in, they use a product from www.poolsanuk.com Fhemi the manager tells me many of the other good hotels are turning over to the product for the next season
I live in South Africa and lots of the Virgin Active clubs have salt water pools. Also NaCl pool are different from pools with chlorine because the salt forms an equilibrium with the Na and Cl so the Cl doesnt come out of solution as easily and Cl is most harmful as a gas.
If you want to reduce chlorine levels use a copper/silver ionization system. This is a great alternative. The recommended lower chlorine level of 0.6 ppm makes the pool seem chlorine free but you will still have the instant kill that chlorine offers
visit www.chlorinesaver.com
Poolsanuk.com the product these guys sell is a copper/silver ionazation system in a bottle, with no hardware costs or instalation it is so simple to use and very stable
I have been on holiday in northen cyprus for two weeks and spent a few days at the Vaha Spa near Girne. I suffer from skin problems and normally i can not go swimming in pools with the fear of my skin imflaming and i was told that the swimming pool there does not use chlorine but a product call poolsan as mentioned on the site. It is fantastic! the water is so soft and clear you can not smell anything!the best way to describe it is that it is like swimming in mineral water!I was also told that quite a few hotels in northen cyprus are using the product and some pool companies are also turning over to this product as well. I can not wait to go back again and swim in the pool again. http://www.vaha-spa.com
I have been on holiday in northen cyprus for two weeks and spent a few days at the Vaha Spa near Girne. I suffer from skin problems and normally i can not go swimming in pools with the fear of my skin imflaming and i was told that the swimming pool there does not use chlorine but a product call poolsan as mentioned on the site. It is fantastic! the water is so soft and clear you can not smell anything!the best way to describe it is that it is like swimming in mineral water!I was also told that quite a few hotels in northen cyprus are using the product and some pool companies are also turning over to this product as well. I can not wait to go back again and swim in the pool again. http://www.vaha-spa.com
I looking for chlorine-free pools in Minneapolis.
Hello, do you know of any chlorine-free pools in San Francisco, CA? Thanks!
Holmes Place Fulham Pools, London UK is Ozone purified :-)
Hi: The West Vancouver Aquatic Centre, in West Vancouver, B.C., Canada is ozone treated.
http://www.westvancouver.ca/article.asp?c=640
I live in Lorient (Morbihan, France). The brand-new aquatic centre (Centre Aquatique du Moustoir) is a chlorine-free aquatic centre. The water is ozone-treated and as far as I know, it's the only one in the area, although another one is under construction in Quiberon, a famous holiday resort not far from here.
UK Chlorine free pools
Leatherhead Leisure Centre in Surrey has just completed 14 month trial under the British Health Protection Agency of the chlorine free product Poolsan. www.poolsanuk.com
Hi - I use Leatherhead every week and I think it is brilliant - the diving pool has no chlorine in at all and you can swim in it at any time when there are no classes there. It's a bit deep for small children but hopefully they will make the kids pool chlorine free soon. I don't know why anyone uses chlorine because this poolsan stuff is fab - it's like swimming in bottled water - better even than tap water.
Ozone pool: Gold River Aquatic Centre
Gold River, BC, Canada
Canada, Quebec, Gatineau, chlorine free pool:
Centre aquatique Paul-Pelletier
325, chemin d'Aylmer
see http://www.ville.gatineau.qc.ca/activites/baignade.asp
Sparta, New Jersey.
www.cruiserswim.com
A humungous swimming pool.
UV light ozonater! Check it Out!
The YMCA Olympic pool in Grants Pass, Oregon has just changed from a chlorine treated pool to a saltwater pool. Initial reports and use are very positive.
The pool at Blarney Park hotel, Co Cork, Ireland, is using an alternative to chlorine - can't remember what, and I didn't suffer any symptoms - sniffling, sneezing, wheezing, which I normally do after swimming in a pool which is treated wholly with chlorine. 20m long.
For the person in Minnesota - that is the home of ECOsmarte pool systems - in Richfield. They would know of any community pools that are truly chlorine/bromine/salt-free. ECOsmarte.com
Milwaukee, WI
Jewish Community Center has chlorin free pool--I believe its ozoned
Harbin Hot Springs
Middletown, CA
www.harbin.org
This venerable, old hot springs location in Northern California is spring-fed and ozonated.
Hi The Artemis hotel in Baffra North Cyprus Has 1.8 million ltr
totaly chlorine free pool absaloutely fantastic no red eye easy on the skin and more importantly the childrens pool is chlor free to
The LSU 50m pool in Baton Rouge is chlorine free. In addition, there is a swim-down/diving pool just behind the main pool.
The Sindelfingen Germany, Badezentrum has a 50 meter indoor and 50 meter outdoor pools that are ozone treated. An extremely clean facility with 3.50 Euro entry fee. Opens at 7am every day except Monday.
There are around 100 ocean pools along the coast of the Australian state of New South Wales.For more details, see my website
http://www.nswoceanbaths.info
Like the population, most of those of those sea baths where the waves can wash into the pool are clustererd in the strip from Newcastle, south to Sydney and Wollongong. They are standard features of Sydney's surf beaches.
Most of the ocean pools are unfenced, unsupervised, have no admission charges and are available for use at all hours, as they are considered important beach safety measures on a coast with many dangerous rips. Some of those pools are Olympic-size and a few are much larger.
Excellent blog.
Great effort from many people here.
Keep it up!
Swimming Pool Service Directory
Thanks!
The Miles Nadal Jewish Community Center (which is open to people of all religious backgrounds, I believe) has a saltwater pool. The center is located in downtown Toronto
All of the City of Calgary (Alberta, Canada) Parks and Recreation pools, with the possible exception of the Beltline, are salt water. The downtown YWCA pool, the SAIT student rec center pool, and many of the YMCA pools are also salt water.
Rhoda in Calgary
The beautiful "Holsten-Therme" in D-Kaltenkirchen (Germany) uses a combination of Ozone-treatment and chlorine.
It works out pretty well as I personally have no problems with the water or air here which I have in other chlorine-only pools:
http://www.holstentherme.de/index.php?Service:Presse:Press_release
Great website, very imformative. I am looking for an indoor ozone pool in New Jersey, The two pools in NJ on this website are outdoor.
Do you know fo any indoor pools in NJ?
Thank you,
kathryn
are there any chlorine free pools nr hillingdon middx
I just joind 2 Hour Fitness in Colorado because every one of their locations on the Front Range uses Saltwater rather than Chlorine. Sure there is a little bit of Chlorine. However, I haven't had the severe reactions I did in every other Chlorinated pool.
-Sully
Any other public salt water pools in Toronto, Ontario, Canada?
does any one know of chlorine free or low chlorine pools in Texas.
I swam in an aquatic center in Columbus, Ohio. very little or no chlorine, I believe they said it was ionized.
Thanks for this site. I need to find a chlorine free pool in South Bucks/South Herts area UK. Any ideas anyone? I'm a pensioner so sadly cant afford Health Club prices any more.
BTW Holmes Place leisure centres were bought by Virgin Active a couple of years ago who then sold some off. Difficult to find out from VA which of their pools are still chlorine free so do check first.
I am chlorine sensitive and have always avoided swimming since high school. Just the strong smell of chlorine around swimming pools makes me anxious. I was very excited to learn of ozone purified pools in our area as I could swim with my daughter. However, it seems that the smell of chlorine from the ozone pools is just as strong as regular pools. My daughter seems to smell as strongly of chlorine after swimming in the ozone pools as in others. The first time I asked about this I was told the ozonator was not functioning. After weeks of this I was told that ozone purified pools require "some" chlorine. I really don't want to be a Bobbie Bummer but I always thought that in order for chlorine to be as effective as one would like a certain level must be reached whether or not other (ozone) disinfection has been used or not. Can someone please tell me if I'm wrong and how I can tell whether less chlorine is being used (when the ozonator actually functions)? Also any suggestions beside participating in this great site how one can help increase chlorine-free-ness in our public pools? I just want to participate comfortably in swimming with my daughter.
Does anyone know of a non-chlorine pool in san francisco?
thanks!
I just called Golden West College in Huntington Beach, CA. I spoke with the Men's Swimming Coach/Sports Information contact, whose name is Danny Johnson (714) 895-8344. http://www.gwc.info/athletics/contact.html. He stated that their pool has ALWAYS contained chlorine. Sorry, BUT--No big reason to have this pool listed in your blog, just because the water is ozone purified...They are still chlorinating that pool. HELP! THIS SUCKS! California--the 8th ranking economy in the world. We can't even have non-chlorinated pools. What's the point? What good is any of it? VERY FRUSTRATED.
here's an update for Utah.
All public pools in Salt Lake County have UV sterilization (reduced chlorine)
and in Utah County:
American Fork Rec Center outdoor pool in AF, UT (801)763-3083. UV/reduced chlorine
SCERA Park outdoor pool in Orem, UT (801)724-3751. UV/reduced chlorine.
Please add our pool to your "low chlorinated" pool list: The San Francisco Bay Club located in SF, California. We use the salt-based chlorination system.
Thank you!
I've had real problems swimming in chlorinated pools to the extent where my breathing and skin were affected so much that I had to stop using public pools. I now swim exclusively in the sea for the May-Oct months. Recently I have had a knee op and as part of my rehabilitation have been using a pool. The old problems have returned and this led to me visiting your site. I used to use a fantastic pool in Axminster, Devon (UK) called the Flamingo Pool where I had no chlorine allergy problems. I no longer live in the area but have just visited their site where they state that the pool water is UV treated and the amount of chlorine used is 1/3 of the normal level (I'm looking for a similar pool in London if anyone knows of one).
Hope this helps and keep up the good work.
Hornsby Public Pool in Sydney, Australia is a beautiful 50m saltwater pool overlooking Kuringai National Park
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