Can we use water from swimming pools(chlorinated water) to water the garden?

Question

As a member of a club, every once in a while I see that the water of the pool (it's pretty big) is changed.
Can the water of the pool (chlorinated) be used to water the greens of the club (huge lawns), without harming the grass?

Answer 1

Best not . In doing this you would cause the grass , flowers , etc. to become suffocated by the chlorination and other chemicals applied to the water in the pool. Best to use the same water that you would be willing to drink yourself.
Like I say if you can drink it so can the plants. If you hessitate to drink it better not use it.

Answer 2

Yes, if used sparingly.
I recall a pool service once, while chlorinating a residential pool, created an explosion.
The chlorine caused all the vegetation in the yard to wither and appear dead. A settlement ensued, although being Fall, nothing was replanted.

The following Spring everything came back greener and healthier than ever.

Rarely does pool water need changed. Usually for repairs. Occasionally water must be added as a result of evaporation, but when kept properly chlorinated, the water will never become bad.

Your idea should be considered, although it would require some additional equipment to recycle.

Answer 3

If the backwash is coming from the pool, then only if the chlorene is at a good low level (lower than it should be as a pool) can a blanket, no it won't harm your plants, because it wall almost certainly harm some plants. You might check and see how much damage has been done and try taking some buckets of water and checking on areas of your lawn and selected plants you keep track of. You can be almost certain that the plants are not contaminated (if they don't die) because the chlorine content is going to be wiped out almost immediately. If you are chlorinating with salts rather than pool shock (HCl) or equivalent, the other half of the salt might be a thing to check on.

Answer 4

The short answer is yes.

As you've noticed around pools, you can always smell the chlorine coming off the surface Thats because it escapes from water so easily. The reason they are changing the water in the first place is because its now on the verge of growing algae because of the dirt, body oils and other organic contaminants. In other words they change it when its ready to start supporting plant life! Dechlorination of the old pool water will also occur more rapidly if its delivered through a sprinkling mechanism, which will aerate the remaining chlorine out even faster.

Recall that most lawn watering is already done from municipal drinking water supplies that contain......you guessed it.....chlorine.

Answer 5

My first instinct is to say no, especially if there are flowers or fruiting plants involved, but if its only grass, some experts say it's okay--and a good way to conserve water.

See this article: http://www.allaboutlawns.com/lawn-maintenance-care/watering/is-chlorine-from-your-pool-killing-your-lawn.php

A different page from the same site does also mention the following:

"While diluted pool chlorine isn't a problem, concentrated chlorine can kill some of the bacteria that are essential to plants' ability to get nutrients from the soil. Be careful when adding chlorine to your pool, as spills at concentrated levels could damage the grass in your yard.

As long as you're careful with the chemicals you use to care for your lawns and your pool, there shouldn't be much to worry about. It's definitely possible for pools and lawns to coexist happily."

Answer 6

The chlorine is there to kill stuff in the water, so what do you think?

Not only will it kill your plants, it's illegal because you're dumping harmful chemicals into the water supply. You could even kill fish in nearby streams.

(You can let it sit for a certain number of days - I don't know how many - without adding more chemicals and the chlorine will evaporate though. But you can't swim in it while you wait.)

Answer 7

I had a leak from our splash pool last year and it killed much of the lawn - so I would say no! I can't believe there is anywhere in the UK needing to think about recycling swimming pool water to use to water anywhere at this moment in time!

Answer 8

Plants don't like chorine they would prob die and kill along with it any small animals/insects along with it. If its a club pool then there will be alot of chemicals in it and it shouldn't be used on the lawns at all otherwise everyone else with a pool would already be doing it

Answer 9

It will kill the plants
but we can do the laundry and wash in it ,and wash the car
Plants hate chlorinated water
that was designed to kill organic development in the water to stop it from turning green with Algae

Answer 10

The pools that are community tend to have more chemicals in them, so NO I would never water lawns with it