A Conversation for Operating a Chlorinated Swimming Pool
WHS
Trout Montague Started conversation Sep 18, 2006
My understanding is that (in Queensland Australia at any rate) it is no longer de rigeur to connect the "drain" at the bottom of the pool to the circulation system, on account of the risk of sucking people onto the bottom and causing them to drown.
http://www.cpsc.gov/cpscpub/pubs/5067.html
More likely, in recently constructed pools, the grill down there could be home to a hydrostatic release valve, to stop high ground water pressure from trying to float the pool out of the ground (especially when empty), and of course it may provide a sump in case the whole thing needs to be emptied.
This of course may vary depending on local regulations.
Worth finding out what your kids are swimming in anyway.
WHS
Trout Montague Posted Sep 18, 2006
Here's another link.
http://groups.google.com/group/misc.kids/browse_thread/thread/1d299fe807dbad62/7efe2ff3384c4ba4%237efe2ff3384c4ba4
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