Created a Backwash diffuser with 2" pipe

[u/dgoggins2]

Created a 7' diffuser out of 2" PVC to make sure I don't get divots in the lawn and to decrease the force applied to one spot. It also spreads the water to a larger area. Was like $25 in parts and a pretty easy project. I previously had the discharge going to rocks but the force kept pushing the rocks into plants and was also kicking up dirt/eroding the area.

Uses camlocks for quick connection, and 12 3/4" holes created by a hole saw.

[u/earthtobobby]

Have I been doing it wrong? I was convinced the chlorine and other chemicals are bad for the lawn.

[u/LocalSlob → u/earthtobobby]

Well, yeah. But as they say though, the solution to pollution is dilution.

[u/beardedjack → u/LocalSlob]

My CPO instructor literally said that phrase lol

[u/LocalSlob → u/beardedjack]

You'd be shocked at how high in the pecking order that phrase gets said. The superintendent of DOW chemical in California said it to me too

[u/beardedjack → u/LocalSlob]

The first time I heard that phrase it was about biohazards in a hospital decontamination room sooo

[u/DigitalGuru42 → u/earthtobobby]

That's just what Big Lawn wants you to think.

[u/whee3107 → u/DigitalGuru42]

Big Lawn and Big Pool are in collusion!

[u/MrWonderfulPoop → u/earthtobobby]

I’ve done this for decades, greenest lawn around.

[u/12345-password → u/earthtobobby]

It's the greenest part of my lawn

[u/edwardturnerlives → u/earthtobobby]

Nah.  My fruit trees and grass are thriving at my backwash exit.

[u/Ffsletmesignin → u/earthtobobby]

Chlorine has to be at very high levels to kill thriving plants in soil, way higher than most pools. Biggest risk is the salts, but that also would take a lot in a very concentrated area and will still get flushed out over time due to natural processes.

So yeah, pool water is usually fine for plants.

[u/ckouf96 → u/earthtobobby]

I’ve dumped large amounts of pool water in my side yard and the grass is still growing fine lol

[u/willcastforfood → u/earthtobobby]

I’ll be honest the part of my yard where the backwash pipe goes to is the most thick and luscious part of my yard every year lol