HomeMy WebLinkAboutItem #07 - Personal AppearanceWE OPPOSE THE CLOSING OF THE CITY OF MI.vMI SWIMMING POOLS
In an ill-advised effort to :;avc' money rand It t the majority
of tax pavers and local families stiffer) the ('it'. Tf 1i :r;; are
planning to close the City Sr:inn-ring 1't,.''.s three 1-eoliths of each
year ----and the remaining nine CO -loath., operaTh. the Pool;
with inexperienced part -tint(,, non -qualified help, instead of the
present profe. <;l.c)nally qualified, and t:;•;pe-.'ieneed career ;;taff
now in use.
Property owners ttnct residents of our City should be aware
that the quality of life in any City is directly related to snood recre-
ational facilities; and, attempts to channel money away from these
activities should be met with eonn: objections and voiced to the
CITY COMAI1 - -;Tt )'�il':li:.:, who are the People':; }representatives.
Rattier than restrict tool ac.tivities, it would 1)c: to the
advantage of the citizenry to have the City e:.,,pand them by upgrading
and n,ncferni:• n;, the [root-. Vet. in it]e past they have used recre-
ational }bond money )' 1(> build thin 1]{:r a v'•.('llt basil} and a
restaurant, \ 111('11 c1'.1' the eICet few ( eater 1"'lllllcllalr,i) c{�(tUP OR 1 1\ E
afford; ;end 1he;;e projects 1 , .e iini-ry thousand. of the lex p .S e1tS�y h.�.//JJI'Kl �e�l_
dollars for the t it \ e.t':.•h ' c':? 1 ! rt ' ^ f\ C`
}::cell year in );tde Count-‘; tin:.!re are unc-c'�.in..ed liu;"t11)'..`i' t>f C I e '•� 1i
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people who are drowned, o,' are `:e1'i:jl1S1 lill,li t:te v:llile 11";1:1), hotel,
motel and other pools; which ar. , for the most part, operated by
unqualified pc! 1' - nnel.
The City (1f .1'.l1;l till { ool :; are nu\v, .l'1d i t. en, staffed. by
qualified and professional sioll:ll ca,•eer op(-'ratui's and life guards, rds, dedi-
cated to the :;:fety and ..'t ifare of our ;.« u1:, 1 rs and 01 i� e.rs alike,
and their safety records are a rnatfet- of 1ec.nord and are uni,latched.
::1i 'till 1: our City- --it is your I-e q-1-l1iorliciC)ed-•'-•--,.t1"d it is
your p:)i)l. :i,i ?? let the ('it) i)()t.' (iii"'.I)i'. tiler} l)y .shortsighted
policies- --lien-en-id that lie,. re:11i,"-'i al Ti(+1l(1 _ilon€ y (ye>ai' t:.`.- dollars)
be properly iisc•d to renovate, modernize and U1)i a,ie your neighbor-
hood Pools; instead r,f beinf' s-c im.i(10rce1 on, more W?i1't'1:
as have been (i(,ne in tin' pal:,t. I)ei:l:ind that vot'r 1'oo:L be staffed with
career life guards and qualified personnel, and r.l ma1.e1 that they be
kept open year round f,tr your u:;e.
t is a shame for the poo 1 s to be c I used since t-here
was cl I0,000,000.00 Bond Issue passed t1,,c' year's
ENVIRONMENTAL INFORMATION CENTER
OF THE FLORIDA CONSERVATION FOUNDATION, INC.
William M. Partington, Jr., Director
935 ORANGE• AVE • WINTER PARK, FLORIDA 32789 • TEL. (305) 644-5377
SOLAR HEATING FOR SWIMMING POOLS
October 1975
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The general rule of thumb for determing the number of `colleCtcris
required to heat your swimming pool is to provide a total collector
area equivalent to the area of the pool surface for each l0 degrees F.
increment of temperature rise desired.
Due to the number of collectors required to heat a sizeable pool,
we do not recommend using the collector designs given in our booklet,
"How to Build a Solar. Water Heater," as the cost would be prohibitive,
and recent information indicates that clor.inated water at the concentrations
required for swimming (including the intermitant periods of very high
clorine concentrations due to "shocking" for algae removal) will react
with copper or galvanized metal to form harmful toxic materials.
For these reasons we recommend fabrication of an absorber using inert,
less expensive, materials such as plastic pipe and polyethylene sheet
plastic. The existing circulation pump is satisfactory for providing
adequate: flow through the absorber.
The absorber is fabricated by fastening a sheet of black polyethylene
plastic aloncr the crest of the roof and spanning to the roof edge* at the
eaves. The width required to give the proper area for the plastic sheet
should be determined by the "rule of thumb" described in the first
pe:•:agraph above. A one by two inch wood strip is fastened along the top
of the p1astio sheet at the roof crest. Plastic pipe** is run from the
filter pump to the roof crest and run along the plastic sheet adjacent
to the one by two inch wood strip to which it is fastened. The end of
t-hL plastic pipe is plugged and one -eighth inch diameter holes are mice in
the plastic pipe spaced one-half inch apart along the length cf pipe
required to span the top of the plastic sheet. Another. one by two inch
wood strip is notched on the two-inch face with one -eighth inch grooves
spaced one-half inch apart along the bottom length equal to the width of
the plastic sheet. The notched strip is fastened along the bottom of the
plastic :beet with the notches against the plastic sheet Cnotches down).
One by Lwo inch wood strips are also fastened along each side cf the plastic
sheet. A sheet of clear polyethylene plastic sheet is stretched over the
black polyethylene plastic sheet and fastened to the woad strips*. A three
itch diameters plastic pipe is slotted with a one-half inch slot for a length
equal to the width of the plastic sheets and then the remaining un-slotted
pipe is routed to the pool where the solar heated water is returned.
*Be sure and allow sufficient extra length on the polyethylene plastic
sheets to fit into collector pipe. (see diagram)
f �� <0 pipe is dependant on pool plumbing details.
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Solar Swirnming Pool Dedicated In Zellwood
The. larger~ solar heater!.-wirn
rn;ng nor'.' system. ir C,n'ra_ F:or ur
and ternans thr (ir:t c State. wv..
dedicated Tuescay by the 7el!c.,c.
Station Moshe Horre C'nmmt,rttr.
Soi.R.: *t eat fo- trip i 0.tttlf' i71 '1r
pool is coliecteC from tee soc`s of
three :f reatIor open
',uncovered' coil' o` thermap'asa:
pipes with r hjgh capacity to transt':
WARM WATER. slightly over 10i!
degrees, IF continuously circulated Id
the its temperature. from
1_ to -tegrees above oatt:ra.
to npe: atilt
A£^auIP
sv,;Pr does rr'
renuire .'.any:rate .ns,ta .ed 'vanes act
cncrrs t, a ingte;;anon. cost was uncle:
SiG.uJC.
Nea rt Johnsen., pr evident of
Fi,oride 3014r prod::etc Winte: Park.
stir! a s'milar system for an average.
20,t}00 ga.icr, pool horse would cost ir
the 31,2Ct' to 51.40fi rants*.
THE SYSTEM was developed. by
Arfua'oiar. inc., of Sarasota, and
engtr:eercd and installed by Johnson'_
company
Water temperature in the pool was
at 84 degrees during the dedicator,
which was attended by Dr. Chartea
Beach, research associate a' the
Florida Solar Energy Center, Cape
Canaveral. There was a low tempera-
ture or' 6: degrees irarly Tuesday
morning.
William G. Coliter, president of
Zellwood Station. said the pool is
designer ' +'ter the first 1.000 site*. A
=trrti(a' SPcnnd poo' will. be added for
the next and fine' I,Ilt11 .snt!'s.
.iOHNSO\ s.t :at the circula-
tion ir automats: t11v cut off when
tempc-ra:ure• drop low during the
night Curing row! wcatner. But in hot
summer weather the cycle can be
reverse i to rurat ::,tht and help cool
the
The plush mobile hone project is
located or. U.S 1-4: sax miles north of
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