Larry Bud wrote in news:1181071163.651737.115570
@p47g2000hsd.googlegroups.com:

On Jun 5, 10:56 am, Hippie Chick wrote:
The traditional way to clean our pools is with chlorine. It cleans the
water, keeps it clear and helps keep algae away. There are many of us
though that get sore blood shot eyes, and skin irritations from
swimming in the chlorinated swimming pools. Our children ingest the
water by accident while swimming or just for fun when they are playing
water games. Chlorine is toxic. These things aside, the cost is also
very high. There are benefits to switching over from chlorinated pools
to salt water.

Except that salt water doesn't kill bacteria and other nasties, which
is the whole purpose of chlorine.

I think the OP is talking about sanitizing the pool with a salt generator
system. These systems convert the sodium and chloride molecules and create
chlorine which is the sanitizer. Over time it recombines with the sodium
and continually generates chlorine. I have one of these systems and they
are much easier on the skin and eyes and yes, they are sanitary and much
cheaper to run. You only need to add salt when you open the pool in the
spring, or if you need to top up the pool with fresh water. And the level
of the salt is much less than you have in the ocean. You can barely taste
it.