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The recently installed Hanovia UV System at Adelaide Aquatic Centre's indoor pool has had an immediate effect on water quality with a dramatic fall in combined chlorines even with heavy bather loads.

Gordon Friend, Team Leader - Aquatic Operations at the Centre has witnessed many changes at the Centre over the years. As he explains, "this place has gone through many changes and plant improvements over the years, but the installation of the Hanovia UV systems has had by far the largest impact of all in improving the water quality.

"We looked at ozone at the time but decided on UV because it was reported as being more reliable, and that has certainly proven to be the case."

The first of the Hanovia UV systems was installed on the leisure pool system back in the mid-1990s. Three more Hanovia UV systems have been added since then - one on the main / dive pool and one on each of the spa pools.

As 'Gordo' adds "we liked the âsingle-chamberâ design of the Hanovia system ⦠this allowed us to handle the entire flow from the very large main pool with a single system."

Gordo recalls that prior to the installation of the UV systems, the leisure pools in particular experienced high combined chlorine levels during heavy bather loads. Since the UV installation, the chloramine levels are consistently in the 0.1 â 0.2 ppm range in winter and they never exceed 1 ppm.

He explains "we noticed an immediate improvement in the water quality as soon as the UV systems were commissioned - it was a very significant and positive upgrade", adding "both pool supervisors and pool customers have commented on the improvement."

Gordo has also been very pleased with the support he has received from Fluidquip Australia, the Australian distributor for Hanovia UV systems, stating "since Fluidquip has been providing the maintenance and servicing of the Hanovia systems, we have been more than happy with the level of support we are receiving."

Adelaide Aquatic Centre is the city's major municipal swimming pool. It began life as an outdoor pool way back in 1969 and since then it has undergone a series of redevelopments, including being enclosed by a roof in 1985 and the addition of the leisure pools and two 16-person spas in the late 1980s and early 1990s.

Today, the Aquatic Centre comprises four pools and two spas. The four pools comprise a 4.25 million litre main pool (split into a 50 metre lap pool and a 33 metre dive pool) and a 588 kilolitre free-form leisure pool which is split into two sections to effectively become two pools, the Cascade and the Octopool.

Based in the United Kingdom, with a worldwide distributor network, Hanovia is a world leader in UV disinfection technology for swimming pool, aquaculture and industrial applications. The company has over 80 year's experience in the design, development, manufacture and distribution of UV systems worldwide.

Hanovia is represented in Australia by Fluidquip Australia (Pty) Ltd and in New Zealand by Davey Water Products NZ Ltd.

Click here to contact Fluidquip Australia Pty Ltd via their entry in the Australasian Leisure Management Supplier Directory.

Image: Team Leader Gordon 'Gordo' Friend by the lap pool at the Adelaide Aquatic Centre.

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