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What would be the best technology today to make pools safe and healthy, and NOT use chlorine?

I was reading about copper ionization [0], but there's not much online [1] to see if it's really effective or not.

[0]: https://www.intec-america.com/pools/copper-ionization/

[1]: https://pubs.acs.org/doi/epdf/10.1021/acs.est.0c06287



Ozone works pretty well I think. Also enforcing shower with soap, I saw this during covid and was relieved they would do that. Unfortunately they stopped doing it.


Bathe in a river instead of a pool. Just don't be downstream of too many bathers!


For public pools chlorine is the only effective solution.


I've always prefered bromine as I am alergic to chloramines.




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