The cover that gverntz3 is talking about wouldn't work because we will be living on the property and I expect that we will use the pool for at least 5 months during the construction. Most people here time the construction so that the house is not open to the elements during rainy season and that leaves swim season! I do have a very good filter with a very large capacity and I could just clean that more frequently than I currently do. The pool fence (safety mesh) also keeps some stuff from blowing in during storms. Maybe it will work for the construction too. I guess it is something I will have to discuss with the contractors. Maybe they can put up some of that privacy fencing against whatever we use to contain the dog and keep the kids out of the danger zone and we can get the pool in that envelope.