Have you been thinking about purchasing a pool for your house but are worried it will use too much water? Do not let this fear stop you from getting the pool of your dreams. If you follow the below steps, you can save water as you enjoy your refreshing pool.

1. Limit Splashing

Once your affordable pool and spa are installed, you and your family members may want to jump right into it. Yet this causes water to splash out of the pool and onto your deck or grass. Keep the splashing to a minimum so you do not have to keep refilling the pool.

2. Use a Pool Cover

Water quickly evaporates from uncovered pools during the summer. Evaporation reduces the amount of water in a pool, forcing you to refill it frequently. However, a pool cover can reduce 90 to 95 percent of this evaporation. This alone could save several thousand gallons of water.

There are other benefits of pool covers. Covers limit the growth of harmful algae. They also keep the water temperature warm, which lowers heating costs. Since many pool covers come with rollers, they are quite easy to use, as well.

3. Lower Temperature

Nobody likes freezing cold water, but an overly warm pool can waste water. Excessive heat speeds up the evaporation process. You can thus conserve water by lowering the pool temperature, particularly when the pool is not being used.

4. Look for Leaks

Leaks are a common cause of water waste. After your pool is installed, check regularly for leaks in the valves, joiners and pipes. Loose cracks and tiles may be evidence of a leak. Damp areas or wet soil near the pool is a red flag, as well. If you confirm or suspect a leak, contact a plumber and get it fixed immediately.

5. Add Chemicals Properly and Carefully

While pool sanitizer is necessary, you should limit how many chemicals you put into your pool. Too many chemicals could cause corrosion that damages your pipes.

When you do add chlorine to your pool, you should do so at night. That’s because sunshine causes chlorine to dissipate more quickly.

6. Avoid Overfilling

Use the pool skimmer to judge how much water to put in the pool. The water should stop when it reaches the halfway point of the skimmer. A skimmer in an overfilled pool works less efficiently. If normal water activities are causing the liquid to spill out onto the deck, then the water level of your pool is probably too high. 

7. Only Drain When Necessary

Completely draining and refilling the pool wastes a ton of water. After you purchase your pool, you should only drain it once every three years.

8. Limit Backwashing

Backwashing your pool filters uses a lot of water, as well. Excessive backwashing can also make filters less efficient. You should thus limit your backwashing to once or twice per season. If you regularly clean the filters and pool, you will not have to backwash frequently.

After you finish backwashing, you will have a bunch of extra water in your yard. Do not just dump this water down the drain. In some locations, this is actually illegal. You should not let the water run into a neighbor’s yard, either. Instead, reuse the water by pouring it onto your trees and shrubs.

9. Turn Off Features

While waterfalls and fountains look cool, you do not need to keep them running all the time. Switch off these features when the pool is not in use.

The above tips make a backyard pool more eco-friendly. If you follow these suggestions after purchasing a pool, you can save both money and water.