Members of the Association of Pool & Spa Professionals are strong advocates for water conservation. Since all of us use water for health, recreation and relaxation, it’s important to us that water remains abundant and accessible for all. We believe this is possible if all pool and spa users are educated about water conservation techniques, and are willing to make just a few, sensible changes in their water consumption habits.
First, a few facts on household water use for bathing or recreation:
- Properly maintained spa water needs to be replaced only two to three times a year and can be reused for landscape watering when drained. In a pool, one filling lasts decades. In fact, draining a pool is so unusual the process usually requires a professional.
- Baths use water once. A spa offers 4 to 6 months of use for the same water. Taking just five baths, at 80 gallons each (normal tub size), uses enough water to fill a typical 400-gallon spa. Filling and draining a bathtub twice a week for four months uses 2,720 gallons of water. A spa uses the same 400 gallons of water continuously throughout those four months.
- A jetted or whirlpool bathtub used twice a week consumes 240 gallons. In just 4 months these tubs use about the same amount of water as most pools use in an entire season.
- A properly maintained spa or pool uses significantly ess water in a season than watering a lawn of the same size. Watering a typical residential lawn requires 180 gallons each time it’s watered. Up to 90 percent of the water used to sprinkle lawns on hot days is lost to evaporation. An untended garden hose can use 600 gallons or more in just a few hours -- enough to fill one and a half spas!
More to come!
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