Another benefit of having a pool!

[CarlD]

I have an idea: go to the local camping store and get a sun shower. Put the hot water in THERE, hang it in the tub, and shower semi-normally.

[Watermom]

Funny you should suggest that, Carl, as I mentioned that very thing to somebody earlier.

[Watermom]

Thought about the sun shower. It would be too heavy to hang up. So, kept thinking.....

Here is what I am doing.

Bringing in buckets full of pool water, boiling it, cooling it, pouring it in a large (clean) trashcan. I have a submersible pump that I keep in my pool (it is also clean). Put the submersible pump into the warmed water, attached a clean (new) 25 ft coiled garden hose. Set the trashcan inside the bath tub, spray yourself to get wet, wash and shampoo, then spray yourself off. ***

Now obviously, this is a PITA, but I have no intention of going without the ability to shower and shampoo for days. (And they just had another press conference which was aired on TV. No timeline yet other than just saying it will be "days.")

**McGyver would be proud, don't ya think!

[CarlD]

He sure would! I am!
A new little Rule bilge pump and float switch would allow you turn the McG shower on and off safely, and runs off 12volts.

[chem geek]

You can certainly use the pool water for showering/bathing since it's definitely clean enough for that purpose. You could even use it for washing and rinsing dishes. What you shouldn't do is use it as a source of drinking water. It's not just the miscellaneous organics in the water that chlorine doesn't completely get rid of, but also the salt level. Boiling the water won't fix that problem unless you were to distill the water and that's a real pain and uses a lot of energy.

Be sure to turn off the automatic fill so that you don't contaminate the pool.

In an emergency, there's always the hot water heater for fresh water that can be used for drinking. That assumes that one turned off the intake prior to the contamination reaching it.

[Watermom]

Nah, we aren't using pool water to drink, just for a shower. I have plenty of bottled water to drink. Thanks, Richard!

[JimK]

Yikes! I did see that on the news the other day.

I hope they come up with a solution for y'all soon!

Kind of reminds me when hurricane Isabel hit here (just before we had our pool installed....construction was delayed several months).