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Just back from a swim at Dulwich Leisure Centre.  Whilst in the pool, we saw the lobby outside the family changing room being washed,  The person doing the cleaning then washed the mats taken from the family changing room and then put them in the pool, laying them on the steps!!!.  Not only was this dangerous - they were laid on the top step in such a way that they overlapped the step -  when we got out  there was a load of grit on the top step where they were taken out.


When we got changed, I asked at the desk to speak to the manager.  Guess who it was??? The guy who had been doing the cleaning!!!!  I said I was actually complaining about what he had done with the mats ie, dumping them in the pool.  His response - 'Did I dump them too aggressively for you?'  When I said I thought it was unhygienic to put the mats in the pool , his response was that he had actually cleaned them, but had put them in the pool to remove the residual cleaning fluid!!!!!  I don't know what's worse - having cleaning fluid dumped in the pool or the dirt!  He also asked how I knew the dirt in the pool was from the mats???

Wonderful customer service!  I won't be going back in a hurry!

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7 hours ago, ctovey said:

Just back from a swim at Dulwich Leisure Centre.  Whilst in the pool, we saw the lobby outside the family changing room being washed,  The person doing the cleaning then washed the mats taken from the family changing room and then put them in the pool, laying them on the steps!!!.  Not only was this dangerous - they were laid on the top step in such a way that they overlapped the step -  when we got out  there was a load of grit on the top step where they were taken out.


When we got changed, I asked at the desk to speak to the manager.  Guess who it was??? The guy who had been doing the cleaning!!!!  I said I was actually complaining about what he had done with the mats ie, dumping them in the pool.  His response - 'Did I dump them too aggressively for you?'  When I said I thought it was unhygienic to put the mats in the pool , his response was that he had actually cleaned them, but had put them in the pool to remove the residual cleaning fluid!!!!!  I don't know what's worse - having cleaning fluid dumped in the pool or the dirt!  He also asked how I knew the dirt in the pool was from the mats???

Wonderful customer service!  I won't be going back in a hurry!

That's really awful.

There must be someone further up the management chain who could be made aware of this? 

I asked at the desk for the manager and the girl went into the office and this guy came out and said he was the manager.  Incidentally, he was the person who put the mats in the pool.  He obviously thought there was no problem in what he did.  In the past I've seen the attendants using a bucket to scoop water from the pool to clean the surrounding area, so it seems to be acceptable to contaminate the pool.

53 minutes ago, wozroy said:

Probably that's its below or above the acceptable level for swimming (7.2-7.6)

I think I'm just pedantically quibbling about the use of the term "imbalance", sorry.

Maybe all this cleaning stuff they seem to be putting in the pool has affected the pH 🙄

1 hour ago, Sue said:

I think I'm just pedantically quibbling about the use of the term "imbalance", sorry.

Maybe all this cleaning stuff they seem to be putting in the pool has affected the pH 🙄

Unlikely.

It would take a little more than a bit of Milton to alter the pH of eighty-odd thousand gallons of water.

10 hours ago, David Peckham said:

Unlikely.

It would take a little more than a bit of Milton to alter the pH of eighty-odd thousand gallons of water.

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Very true!

So how did the pH get "imbalanced" ?

And how are they going to "rebalance" it?

And how often do they test it, and what is the health implication of this "imbalance"?

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1 hour ago, Sue said:

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Very true!

So how did the pH get "imbalanced" ?

And how are they going to "rebalance" it?

And how often do they test it, and what is the health implication of this "imbalance"?

Well, Sue, much of this should really only be answered by a fully qualified pool technician.

Online courses are available for about fifty quid.

I think they check the pH daily, that's the recommendation.

London water is naturally 'hard' and generally has a pH above that of a swimming pool, but it's perfectly fine to drink. Introducing an acid will bring the pH down. I believe hydrochloric acid is the fashion. 

Still fancy that daily dip?

As regards health issues, skin or eye irritation seem to be the main issues of an imbalance in pH levels.

The only pool problem I've ever had was my hair going a bit green after an ill-judged home peroxide job as a teenager.
 

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