PWTAG Technical notes are updates or new material for the standards and guidance given in the PWTG book, Swimming Pool Water and the PWTAG Code of practice and should be read in association with these publications.
Pools whose hypochlorite residual is generated in the plant room by electrolysing sodium chloride will tend to run with higher than normal levels of total dissolved solids (TDS). That should be allowed for, but also controlled. This note addresses the issue for the first time.
For conventional pools PWTAG’s guidelines recommend that TDS should not be allowed to rise more than 1,000mg/l above the source water (a figure that replaced a previously recommended absolute maximum of 3,000mg/l). This limit minimises corrosion, and also indicates that treatment chemicals are not being used in excess, to compensate for overloading.
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