ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – The City of Albuquerque said it has upgraded the filtration system at some of its indoor pools. The Parks & Recreation Department switched to a new system called Clearflow at the Betsy Patterson Pool at Sandia High School and two West Mesa indoor pools.
It’s described as an electric flocculant system that binds chemical molecules together and traps it in sand filters more efficiently. The city said it is expected to save 1.2 million gallons of water a year. It also improves water quality, reduces chemical usage, and cuts down the chlorine smell.”For those of us who work in the aquatic community, we don’t notice it quite as much. This is just something we kind of live with. But a lot of the people coming here or are pool regulars, it’s like the first thing they comment on when they walk onto the pool deck,” said Aquatics Division Manager Kent Vigil, City of Albuquerque Parks and Recreation Department.
It cost about $25,000 to install the three systems. The city is looking at implementing the filtration system at other pools.