Another benefit of having a pool!

[CarlD]

Good thinking, Lisa!

[Watermom]

Still can't use water and still glad to have a pool full of water!

Today, I did one better instead of just washing hair. Heated up several pots of water and filled two 5-gallon buckets. Took the buckets into my shower that has a seat in it. Sat in my shower, washed and poured cupfuls of water over myself to rinse. Basically was able to take a complete bath. Felt wonderful. Not fun and not quick, but at least i am relatively clean which is a lot more than most people here in Charleston can say today, 48 hours after all this mess started. Without my pool, I would have no way to do anything more than a spit bath with a jug of water.

P.S. Keep your fingers crossed that this doesn't go on too long!! Not fun!

[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.