Understand Your Needs With Pool Cover

A common problem for pool owners is water evaporation. This can be a particularly noticeable in hot climates like Brisbane or Perth, or in windy places such as Melbourne or Adelaide. Any place will suffer from evaporation to some degree. In order to stop or reduce water evaporation, many pool owners will resort to using a pool cover, but do they really help?

The short answer is yes, it has been proven many times over that pool cover help reduce evaporation. So much so that some councils offer rebates and even Victoria has its Smart Water Mark program which features pool blankets and covers.

However not all pool covers and blankets are equal, and there are many products on the market depending on both budget and application. There are solar pool covers, bubble covers, debris covers, thermal covers and more. However they can be broken down into 2 different categories. All pool covers form a membrane over the water. For covers like debris covers which will prevent leafs from entering the pool, but still allow rainwater to pass through. Even though this is ‘open’ to a degree, this alone will reduce a lot of wind driven evaporation, reducing losses by around 50% or so.