Myrtha Pools’ Breathe technology removes disinfection-by-products from indoor aquatic facilities

Now available in Australia and New Zealand, Myrtha Pools latest innovation has been developed with the purpose of removing volatile disinfection-by-products (DBPs), such as chloramines and halomethanes, from the atmosphere of an indoor swimming facilities.

Aimed at preserving pools cleanliness and preventing the onset of diseases caused by a prolongated exposure to DBPs, Myrtha Breathe consists of a gutter channel surrounding pool basins with a thin, porous pipe that lies along the base of the gutter. The main gutter is flanked by a secondary gutter and, between the gutters is a suction conduit that sucks the contaminated air from the main gutter, the secondary gutter, and the pool deck.

Since chloramines are dense and rest on the water’s surface, swimmers breathing at the water surface are the most adversely affected. Professional athletes, age group swimmers, children learning to swim and even not so frequent lap swimmers, can all be victims to poor air quality and can suffer short term and long-term negative health effects caused by chloramines build up in an indoor natatorium.

The chloramines being produced within an indoor facility, without affective extraction are likely to eat away at surfaces throughout the facility, causing permanent damage to accessories and infrastructure around the pool as well as permanent damage to the building itself.

How does Myrtha Breathe work?
DBPs stripping is performed in the gutter channel surrounding the pool. Air is insufflated through porous pipes that form fine bubbles, that absorbs the DPSs dissolved in the pool water and releases them into the air inside the channel.

From there, suction removes the stripped DBPs from the channel and generates an air flow which borders the channel and preventing DBPs from exiting. Suction is also performed toward the secondary channel and the pool deck in order to remove the DBPs spontaneously evaporated from the surface of the pool. The contaminated air is then exhausted outside the pool building.

Sustainability
Myrtha products already play a major role in contributing to LEED / BREAM / GREEN STAR, this new development is just an­other step further to creating an all-round sustainable facil­ity. Using Myrtha materials, as opposed to tile and concrete contributes to LEED certification, and incorporating solu­tions such as Myrtha Breathe, you are guaranteed a sustainable and eco-friendly facility, lasting years, and years. Myrtha Breathe fosters Myrtha’s sustainability pursuit by improving indoor air quality for patrons and reducing long term damage to infrastructure.

Myrtha Breathe's strengths

• DBPs volatilisation is forced into the gutter channel, a confined space; this way the removal through suction is easier.

• Low impact on dissolved chlorine thanks to its low volatility.

• More efficient environmental suction inside the natatorium, since DBPs tend to settle near the pool deck.

• No huge additional plant required: only a blower for air insufflation is needed.

• Suction flow rate is lower than the amount requested for air exchange. Therefore, exhausted air from Myrtha Breathe can be embedded in the amount daily exhausted for compliance with HVAC regulations.

To contact Myrtha Pools' Australian and New Zealand representative, click here to visit the Myrtha Pools listing in the Australasian Leisure Management Supplier Directory. 

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