Tips to keep your hot tub in good shape after COVID-19

“The safety of bathers and the disinfection control of the facilities must be in perfect condition for the use of the hot tub ”

This blog post will allow you to identify and adapt to your hot tub the best practices and recommendations against COVID-19 that AquaviaSpa has defined together with ASOFAP (Spanish Association of professionals in the swimming pool sector). First of all, we must be clear about the message from the World Health Organization (WHO): Swimming pool water, due to its hygienic and sanitary conditions required by law, does not transmit COVID-19 and is 100% safe . It is scientifically proven that water, well filtered and with the appropriate level of disinfectant, is an environment where viruses and bacteria cannot survive. What's more, chlorination, high temperatures and high humidity in the environment significantly reduce the transmission and spread of this virus.

“That is, with a free chlorine level of ≥ 0.5 -1 mg/L the

Water is not only disinfected, but also has disinfectant potential for

eliminate any viruses or germs that may enter the water.”

Below we leave you a list of tips for disinfecting, starting up and maintaining your hot tub . Tips for cleaning and disinfecting your hot tub :

• Disconnect the water heating system.
• Allow the water to cool naturally to room temperature.
• Control relative humidity with a maximum of 60% to prevent possible
• Maintain the residual free chlorine level between 0.5-2 mg/L and pH between 7.2-8.
• Reduce filtration speeds and recirculation times. Recirculation should be done every 8 hours, although it is advisable to keep the water moving.

Tips for starting up your hot tub

• hot tub water must be heated gradually and in a controlled manner to prevent exponential bacterial growth.
• Chlorine and pH values will be adjusted.
• All surfaces in the hot tub will be disinfected.
• If you have opted to stop recirculation, hyperchlorination will be carried out before starting it up.
• Perform the disinfection treatment against Legionella 20 days before bathing in the hot tub . Once the biocide level and temperature have stabilised, samples for Legionella will be taken at least 48 hours later. (public hot tubs )

Tips for maintaining your hot tub :

• Three times a week: measure and adjust the chlorine or bromine and pH levels; (residual free chlorine: 0.5-2 mg/L and pH: 7.2-8.0). At Aquavia Spa to make it easier for you to maintain your hot tub water, we offer you Blue Connect , a hot tub water analyser that, through a free app, models the main parameters of the hot tub : pH, disinfectant level, temperature, salt level in the water...
• Weekly: To clean algae at the bottom of the tank, perform hyperchlorination with 10 mg/L of chlorine for 24 hours.
• Weekly: clean filters.

At Aquavia Spa we recommend adding an ultraviolet light system for greater disinfection. Aquavia has the Ultraviolet feature, a disinfection system that uses an ultraviolet light lamp to destroy bacteria and other germs in the water. And if you want to empty your hot tub :

• A hot tub smaller than 5 m3 must be emptied regularly , and the following instructions must be followed:
• Increase free chlorine to 5 ppm before emptying the vessel, the tank if present and the associated pipes.
• Cleaning and disinfection of vessel walls, bottoms and accessories, inspection of filtration and disinfection systems and carrying out repairs to ensure proper operation.

And that's it, with all these recommendations you can enjoy a disinfected hot tub with crystal-clear water without any problem... Ready to bathe with whoever you want!