Fire department water??

[drumr]

They actually didn't use a truck on my fill. It came straight from the hydrant and 150 ft of fire hose.

[NWMNMom]

We don't have that option either way and have to use well water. Trucking company will not haul this far out and Fire Dept won't due to liability issues and we are too far from town.

Properly filtered before going in, what is the problem with well water except that it is slower? Tested prior to use for metals and contaminants, if safe to drink and use in the house, then it should be safe for the pool, shouldn't it? We have some metal content but are using triple filtering prior to reaching the pool and the metal out at fill just in case some gets through. The only issue so far is it takes SO long.

[gonefishin]

Our city fire dept. uses city water...which is the same water that you drink, bathe and cook with. Our city doesn't fill pools...but I would be very confident in the quality if we did fill them (as it's the same city water).

However...I,personally, wouldn't wouldn't accept pond water from any source (fire dept or otherwise) unless I was swimming in a pond. $800 is alotta money...but I think I'd have to pay it. Let's see what those "in the know" say.

good luck,
dan

[jabbajean]

Wow..you guys are quick. Thanks for all the opinions. Our well water is wonderful, but our well isn't that deep so we would run out of ater in the house..three kids so we can't afford to be with out water. We had a 10 ft intes and it drained our well. Our friends filled their pool, an inground ,with the pond water and now it is sparkling.
So, lots of food for thought.
Thanks,
JAy

[hrsdennis]

I have seen about five pools filled from a fire hydrant. The water, in all cases, had a brown rusty look to it. It would be several days before I would want to swim in it.

The last pool I set up for myself was a 15 x 30. We had a well at the time. I just took my time and filled it a few inches, a couple of times a day. It took a week or two but we never ran out of water.

The kids had a blast playing in it every day. The never cared how full it was. I even ran hoses from my filter over the pool wall and into the water to keep it clean. I also had two daughter in college at the time so my money had better uses than a water truck.

Best of luck with your pool, Dennis

[seminolewind]

A friend of mine had her 40,000 inground pool filled completely with pond water. With a lot of pouring of bleach into it and balancing it properly, she had sparkling and clean pool water in less than a week, albeit with 24/7 filtering. It can be done.

[drumr]

Dennis,
I guess we got lucky, we bled the hydrant off for a few minutes and the water out was clean and clear. I think the hydrants and city water (for homes) are tied into the same lines, and the fire department comes around occasionally and bleeds the hydrants around town (not sure why), but the water was clean when they filled my pool.