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Thunderdome It's now possible to measure the amount of pee in a pool.
2017 Mar 4, 11:33am 543 views 4 comments
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Dan8267
2017 Mar 4, 11:41am
Dan8267
2017 Mar 4, 11:41am
https://www.sciencenews.org/blog/gory-details/what-happens-when-you-pee-pool
Let’s just start with the premise that the next pool you dive into will contain pee. Because it probably will. There’s also probably going to be a wee bit of fecal matter, a dollop of human sweat and some guy’s skin cells floating around.
This is why I never go into a pool. It's just disgusting. People are animals.
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Shaman
2017 Mar 4, 2:41pm
Shaman
2017 Mar 4, 2:41pm
I got a pool bot for my pool.
Made by Mayfair, it's electric powered and does a great job! I highly recommend it to anyone who owns a pool, as it makes maintenance very easy.
http://www.techtimes.com/articles/200225/20170304/pee-in-swimming-pools-can-amount-of-urine-present-in-pool-waters-make-you-sick.htm
By measuring artificial sweeteners present in most people's urine, researchers reported that they can now tell roughly the amount of pee present in swimming pools.
Artificial Sweetener Acesulfame Potassium
In a new study, chemist Xing-Fang Li, from the University of Alberta, and colleagues were able to measure the amount of pee found in a pool by developing a test that measures the concentration of the artificial sweetener acesulfame potassium (ACE), which is present in processed food.
ACE makes a good proxy for urine in pool waters because it passes through the body unaltered and does not break down readily in pool waters.
By tracking the amount of ACE sweetener in swimming pools, the researchers found that one 220,000-gallon, commercial-size swimming pool tends to have nearly 20 gallons of urine, which would translate to about 2 gallons of pee in a residential pool.
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