Chlorine

Chlorine is a sanitizer for pool water. While salt (having a saltwater pool) is gaining rapid and exponential growth as a proven option to sanitize pool water - and for good reason - traditional chlorine is still the most popular of the various pool sanitizers used today. The main reason for the popularity and longevity of chlorine is that it has passed the ultimate test - the test of time - as a proven sanitizer for pool water.

Within this pool manual, the following information is available about chlorine: