How/where do you drain a saltwater pool?

[Tatum4701]

My city made the following post on their Facebook page. There's no info on their website. What do you do with saltwater??


Disposing of Swimming Pool, Spa or Fountain Water:

*The preferred method of disposal is to drain pool, spa, or fountain water (other than salt water) onto land surfaces (such as landscaped areas) provided the water is declorinated/debrominated, the pH is between 6.5 and 8.5, and the land area is sufficient to prevent erosion and runoff.

*If discharging to a landscaped area is a not a viable option, the next best choice is to discharge pool, spa, or fountain water to sanitary sewer system. Contact the City of Turlock Municipal Services to make sure the discharge will not create a problem in the sanitary sewer system or wastewater treatment facility.

*Saltwater pools cannot be discharged to a sanitary sewer system or a storm drain!

For additional information contact us or visit our website.

 

[Saturn94]

I don’t suppose they define ”salt water pool” considering all chlorine pools contain varying levels of salt. ?

 

[Shirker]

Are you draining a significant amount of water? Or just overflow? Depending on the type of landscaping you have, you can probably still dump it on your yard. Just check the salt tolerance of your plants and try to avoid run-off into your neighbor's yard, drains, or sensitive areas..

FYI: From the USGS

• Fresh water - Less than 1,000 ppm
• Slightly saline water - From 1,000 ppm to 3,000 ppm
• Moderately saline water - From 3,000 ppm to 10,000 ppm
• Highly saline water - From 10,000 ppm to 35,000 ppm
• By the way, ocean water contains about 35,000 ppm of salt.

Saline Water and Salinity | U.S. Geological Survey

In your everyday life you are not involved much with saline water. You are concerned with freshwater to serve your life's every need. But, most of Earth's water, and almost all of the water that people can access, is saline, or salty water. Just look at the oceans and remember that oceans...

www.usgs.gov

 

[Tatum4701]

I found a brochure for West Sacramento. They don't specifically say not to drain saltwater into the sanitary sewer, but do mention not to drain into the storm drain. They say saltwater pools need to go through reverse osmosis or be shipped to a ocean discharge facility! ??

 

[Tatum4701]

I've got 6,400 gallons to drain. We've got what looks like mustard algae, AND our frame is sinking into our sandy soil, so between the two issues, I think we're just going to start over. Our water is only $1.20 per 1,000 gallons. We'd get a $25 fine if we go over 40K gallons in a month, but we won't get anywhere close to that.

I've been thinking of planting some grass seed in the next few days where we'd drain it in our yard though, so that seems like a bad idea. I suppose we might put it on our lawn in the front yard, and see how that goes. Hmm.

 

[mknauss]

Typical regulator overreach.

There is no way they will know you added a few thousand gallons of very low salinity water to a system that is handling many millions of gallons of waste a day.

Put it down the sewer cleanout.