Hydrospec Nurses Leicester Hospital Hydrotherapy Pool Back to Life
Leicester Hospital serves over one million people living in Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland, and its special services in cardio-respiratory diseases, cancer and renal disorders reach a further two million patients. Therefore, this 40m³ hydrotherapy pool needed to be back in action fast and had to exceed health and safety standards in terms of water quality to ensure the risk to patients was kept to an absolute minimum.
High-traffic hydrotherapy pool in need of an upgrade
“Hospital patients use the pool five days a week, and often around 4-6 patients will be using it each hour,” says Hydrospec’s Managing Director, John Cheek. “There were always problems on a Monday at the Leicester Hospital hydrotherapy pool, which led to cancellations of important appointments at the start of the week. The best filtration media needed to be used in this installation, as this is considered a high-risk pool.”
Paramount Pools is known for supplying high-quality pool equipment to professional pool installers and retail outlets throughout the UK, including the Channel Islands and Ireland, and we welcomed the challenge of incorporating a system that was robust, reliable, and produced consistently clear pool water for its affluent residents and their guests.
Waterco comes in with glass pearl media for crystal clear filtration
Hydrospec installed a Waterco SPDD1200 Nozzle Plate Filter with a 1.2m bed depth with Waterco Glass Pearl Media. Tests confirmed that Waterco glass pearls could filter down to an impressive 3 microns and as a result were far superior in filtration than other media available, including sand and crushed glass media. Glass pearl media also makes maintenance easier, as it needs less frequent backwashing than other media types.
Quality and Reliability from Paramount Pools
“The filtration rate is at 22m³/h/m². Plus it backwashes at only 16m3/h/ m² and this fluidises the bed extremely well,” comments John. Currently, the backwashing process is automated and runs for less than four minutes which has reduced the water used for the backwashing process which in turn saves heated and chemically treated water.
“Microbiological tests are carried out on a weekly basis in-house. No problems have arisen since the installation and the client is very happy with it. We continue to service and maintain this site and have inspected the filter and media on several occasions and have not found any issues.”
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