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Keeping Our Tub Water Clean
Guests often remark that they’ve never seen hot tubs as clean as ours. It’s no accident. Water is our fundamental product and we make heroic efforts to keep it pristine. Those using any public pool or spa should observe the clarity of the water—if you can see the face of a quarter on the bottom of the pool, it’s a good indicator that the pool is being properly maintained.
We utilize state-of-the-art water sanitation on all our hot tubs and cold plunges. The entire volume of water in each hot tub and cold plunge at the Waves goes through a sanitation and filtration cycle every 10-25 minutes. In the support room the water flows through a clear tube bombarded by UV light which kills 96% of all bacteria and virus. Ozone gas is then added for additional sanitizing and polishing.
We test all tubs multiple times per day to maintain proper water chemistry. To guarantee that our system is functioning properly, we do weekly bacterial cultures on every tub at the Waves.
Pool water chemistry has improved exponentially in the last decade. We’re proud to be partnering with Cloward—H2O, designers of sanitation systems for water parks, aquariums, surf parks, and the deepest dive pool in the world. With their help we are in the process of installing a ground-breaking ozone system for our entire facility. The system is similar to what municipalities use to purify their drinking water and is now the gold standard for large scale water features. Feel confident knowing that our tub water may be purer than what flows from your tap.
Figure 1 - a quarter on teh bottom of Grand Bath