Reduced health risk to swimmers
The "Dragonfly Super Skimmer" reduces the risks that bacteria pose to swimmers by reducing the amount of bacteria breeding in the swimming pool.
The Dragonfly Super Skimmer floats at the surface of the water where the disinfectant that the pool uses is at its weakest. The top 200 mm/ 4 inches is the area where body fats, skin particles, suntan oils,
ecoli and other pathogens that carry bacteria and parasites from one bather to another
thrive. This is because the water in this area is warmest and therefore the most comfortable for the organisms that are prone to attack humans.
The Dragonfly Super Skimmer takes water from this the high risk area of the pool directly to the filter. From there the water redistributed into the lower cooler regions of the pool where the pools disinfectant action is strongest. This results in a far more effective disinfection regime that in turn markedly improves swimming pool hygiene.
(Here is an excerpt from a letter received from the Health Department Of Western
Australia by one of our reps)
"The Area of greatest micro biological hazard to bathers is the top 300mm of any swimming pool. Sunlight and
environmental pollutants reduce the biocidal effectiveness of the pools disinfection system, while bathers activities add to the potential risk. for this reason the Health Department of WA encourages commercial pool builders to use surface skimming wet deck designs where possible."
Translated, this means that the water in your local pool is removed from the top for filtration, because this is where the gravest risk to health lays. Wet deck designs are expensive and generally not found in private swimming
pools, however the Dragonfly Super Skimmer tackles this problem about as effectively as is possible at this stage.
