How much bleach (or liquid chlorine) per day is typical?

[jeffv]

How much liquid chlorine usage is "typical" for folks in the hot and humid southeast in the summer months.

[PoolDoc]

There's no general answer to that.

The PRIMARY, NORMAL loss of chlorine is due to sunlight, so loss is a function of hours of sun vs pool surface area: big pools lose more! Also, having correct stabilizer and chlorine levels matters a LOT. Your stabilizer should be 30 - 80 ppm (higher levels can be compensate for) and your clear water (no current problems) chlorine level should be 5% of the stabilizer level.


The BIGGEST loss is from runaway algae, and can be 20 ppm per day or even higher.


A LARGE loss of chlorine results from 'people goo' -- sweat, spit, snot, pee, poop -- with urine typically consuming a LOT of chlorine.

Also, pool store chlorine can be 'stale' so that a bottle of "10% chlorine" may REALLY be 5% or even lower. Here's a better option for many people; Pool-Essentials-Chlorinating-Liquid (https://www.walmart.com/ip/48938023) carried by many Walmart stores. (MOST pool chemicals by Walmart are NOT recommended; this is an exception, and their bleach is likely to be 'fresher' than a pool store's).

All that said, IF you do everything right, via the BBB method, THEN daily chlorine consumption will typically range from 1 - 3 ppm, depending on how much people USE the pool.

[Steve_in_NC]

My daily chlorine losses run from 1-3ppm, depending on the season.