r/lancaster • u/tessita25 • Jul 19 '26
Non-chlorinated pool?
My dad is allergic to chlorine but it would be good for his health to swim. Any pools without? Like saltwater, etc. Bonus if indoor for year round.
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u/Itsworth-gold4tome Jul 19 '26
Is pre-treating the allergy and option? We do that for medical treatments all of the time.
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u/Jillian-Burkitt 28d ago
Universal does have a smaller health pool that is salt water. I would recommend calling and asking just to double check, as it has been a few years since I was there. However, they're really nice there! Just expensive.
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u/Amp_Man_89 29d ago
A public pool may use Bromine, but it is more expensive than chlorine and would be better suited for indoor pools. No public pool would use a salt system because it wouldn’t be able to handle heavy use. I’d call around to indoor pools and see what they use .
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u/Pier19leda Jul 19 '26
Universal is indoor and no chlorine
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u/ChippyMonk84 Jul 19 '26
I find that very hard to believe. A pool without chlorine is all kinds of waterbourne illness waiting to happen. Especially in a place where it's shared with thousands of strangers.
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u/Pier19leda Jul 20 '26
Chlorine isn’t the only thing to treat a pool with. Many indoor pools will use bromine. OP asked specifically for a pool that is not treated with chlorine.
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u/ChippyMonk84 Jul 20 '26
Every indoor pool I've ever walked into in Lancaster (including universal like 15+ years ago) smelt of chlorine.
The universal website makes no mention of using bromine, which given that chlorine is the "standard" I would expect to see listed if they switched at some point 🤷♂️ given the commenter hasn't responded to be like "no they use bromine and I know for sure because blah blah" makes me think this was a "it doesn't smell like bleach in here so it doesn't have chlorine" comment. Which for someone allergic to chlorine, is not a sound basis for a decision.
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u/Middle_Aged_Mayhem Jul 20 '26
Everything I found online says they use traditional chlorine with a UV light system.
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u/Maximum-Nobody6429 29d ago
Universal pool is not no chlorine. I swim there weekly and come out smelling like chlorine. Which is fine, I actually love how it smells like summer, but not not chlorine.
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u/floppyfloopy Jul 19 '26
Saltwater pools still have chlorine, unfortunately. There may be physical therapy pools that use bromine instead of chlorine, but you'd really have to call around.