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Seeing the light: a growing number of indoor facility operators are hailing UV sanitizing technology as the ultimate cure for chloramines. Here's what it can--and can't--do.

Aquatics International

| March 01, 2005 | Yu, Rin-rin | COPYRIGHT 2005 Hanley-Wood, Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

Jim Monks used to lose a lot of sleep over his smelly pool. "I would have to come in at 10 p.m., superchlorinate the pool, wait one full filtration system, race home to catch a couple hours of sleep, then come back in at 3 a.m. to dechlorinate," says the director of maintenance for the indoor pool at the Lake County Family YMCA Central Branch in Vernon Hills, Ill.

Today though, Monks is sleeping soundly through the night, thanks to the installation of ultraviolet, or UV, technology at his pool "It's simple. You plug it in and it does all the work itself," he says.

Already in widespread use around Europe and Australia, UV technology is helping an ...

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