Swimming pools

          Swimming pool is a complex hydroengineering construction consisting of a pool and special technical area equipped with engineering systems of water treatment and heating, automated control system, ventilation and air conditioning.

          Water treatment automated control system secures proper and effective swimming pool operation.

          A great attention is paid to water analysis and sanitary and bacteriological water parameters. The main technologic equipment are filters and chemical water treatment system (chlorination, UV and ozone treatment which decreases chlorine level in water), automated reagent metering device.

          Comfort swimming is secured by swimming pool water heating up to 26-28°C with the help of heat exchangers and electric heaters.

       Modern swimming pools are equipped with various water attractions: 

• chutes;
  
• artificial waterfalls;
  
• hydro massage installations;
  
• geysers;
  
• counterflows;
  

          Swimming pool operation durability and visitor safety can be secured by the following parameters:

• proper project design documentation preparation;
• solid concrete construction of a swimming pool;
• proper swimming pool water proofing;
• choice of technologic and entertainment equipment;
• hygiene and antiskid coating application (roundabout walks, “Roman” ladders etc.);
• construction works carried out in accordance with rules and standards;

          Comfortable atmosphere is created with roundabout walks in a closed swimming pool. You can walk barefoot feeling comfortable.

          Swimming pools are decorated with tiles, mosaic or PVC coating. Special swimming pool tiles are produced with different kinds of surfaces:

• slick for pool interior finishing;
• rough non-skid tiles for “Rome” stairs finishing and separate swimming pools zones;
• ribbed for places where sportsmen push off the swimming pool walls;
• non-skid ribbed tiles are laid along swimming pool borders for roundabout walks zones.

          For swimming pools we apply up-to-date ceiling coatings. Ceiling coatings are stretching film or netlike ceiling materials which produce an outstanding water reflection effect or strengthen volume effect in a swimming pool. Some kinds of ceiling coatings perfectly hide constructions or engineering distribution pipelines. They also don’t need addition expenditures on ventilation run-outs.

Swimming pools can be public or private.

          Public swimming pools are huge constructions attended by big amounts of people. Public swimming pools are sport, municipal, school etc. and also club and hotel. Public swimming pools are controlled by sanitary inspectors.

          When designing public swimming pools, specialists take into account first of all human factor, that means combination of high sanitary water characteristics with visitors’ comfort.

          Visitors bring to water microbes and viruses. Soil particles, sand, dust are brought to water from surrounding environment with wind or rain (open swimming pools), through windows, doors and ventilation (closed swimming pool). All of these decrease organoleptic water characteristics, its purity and clearness and simultaneously are nutrient media for bacteria, aquatic plants etc.

          No secret that swimming pools are very popular in Russia, even the ones with technologically old water treatment systems which don’t secure proper water characteristics and efficient operation. Clear water without smell and mixtures provides outstanding presentation and attracts new visitors.

          Overflowing system

          Recycling water treatment is done as follows. Water coming up from bottom inlets to overflow shoots along the sides of a swimming pool comes through water pipes to an automated system of interior water supply balance tank (in case water level in a swimming pool falls). From a balance tank water is pumped to filtration place and then is heated in a heat exchanger and after that comes to a swimming pool through bottom inlets. Flocculants are added to swimming pool water just before filtration.

          Professional servicing of a swimming pool and application of up-to date water treatment technologies, equipment and water characteristics control secure high water purity and characteristics.

          Private swimming pool is used by a separate family or by several people. Skimmer water treatment systems are applied for private swimming pools. Number of skimmers depends on a size of a swimming pool, its square and volume. Circulation water treatment is done as follows: water is delivered through wall inlets, situated on an end wall of a swimming pool and then water is displaced to skimmers, situated on the opposite side of a swimming pool, comes to sand filters, after that to heaters and back through wall inlets into a swimming pool. Chemical reagents are added to manually or automatically to a pipe before filtration. Water chlorination is carried out before water comes to a swimming pool with a help of an additions feeder. For swimming pools of higher classes overflowing system are applied.

          In other climate zones, medium and north, mostly closed swimming pools are constructed as they can be used all the year round. This requires not so many expenditures as it seems from the first sight.

• Sotchi central military sanatorium of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation (Sotchi, Krasnodarsky region);
• Healthcare center of the Central military sanatorium of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, general contractor (Sotchi, Krasnodarsky region);
• Sport club of Center for children of creative development with two swimming pools 450 m3 and 40 m3, choreographic hall and other areas (Krasnoznamensk, Moscow);
• PROTEK company swimming pool, 120 m3 (Moscow, Biberevo, Ostashkovskaya str.);
• “Lesnie dali” sanatorium swimming pool of the Administrative department of the President of the Russian Federation, 425 m3 (Odintsovsky area, Moscow region);
• Housing estate “Sinyaya ptiza” swimming pool 425,75m3 and 42 m3 (Moscow, 5th district, Severnoe Butovo);
• “Zolotie peski” sanatorium of the Central Bank of the Russian Federation 300 m3 and 18 m3 (Anapa, Krasnodarky region);
• A number of swimming pools 12 to 80 m3 for private customers.