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We live in a little town and have city water that they soak us pretty good for (pun intended) our water and sewer bill come together and sewer is based on water usage. I asked them if there was a discount for filling a pool or hot tub because they didn’t get the water back to treat. They said yes but only if you use 1000 gallons or more. So I figured if I have to pay a premium for the water I will send it back when done and I ran a hose from the drain to the cleanout that’s above ground and it is the easiest thing to do now draining the tub. I have also drained it onto the lawn when I’m in a hurry and I use my 2” siphon hose. Never hurt the grass at all. When I fill my tub the city water has 2 PPM chlorine in it and we drink it. It is about the same as what’s in the tub when I drain it. The level of chlorine and salt if you have a salt tub wont hurt a thing on the lawn IMO. I agree with above poster if you know you are changing the water don’t add anything for a day or two.
Quote from: bud16415 on July 30, 2017, 02:47:26 pm We live in a little town and have city water that they soak us pretty good for (pun intended) our water and sewer bill come together and sewer is based on water usage. I asked them if there was a discount for filling a pool or hot tub because they didn’t get the water back to treat. They said yes but only if you use 1000 gallons or more. So I figured if I have to pay a premium for the water I will send it back when done and I ran a hose from the drain to the cleanout that’s above ground and it is the easiest thing to do now draining the tub. I have also drained it onto the lawn when I’m in a hurry and I use my 2” siphon hose. Never hurt the grass at all. When I fill my tub the city water has 2 PPM chlorine in it and we drink it. It is about the same as what’s in the tub when I drain it. The level of chlorine and salt if you have a salt tub wont hurt a thing on the lawn IMO. I agree with above poster if you know you are changing the water don’t add anything for a day or two. Your post made me feel bad for you because you're getting soaked by your municipality, then it made me laugh, picturing you draining it into your City sewer pipe. Good for you! Then your post about the Chlorine comment made me think of a page I saw a while ago. It had a link to follow for your zip code to see what was in the water you drink. Many of my friends were disgusted that they have some random stuff in their water. My local water is mostly chemicals that *protect me*. If I didn't have a good area to dump my hot tub I'd probably stop using chemicals a few days before draining, as noted above. Fortunately I have a back yard with nice lawn, but a side yard with zero scape for water conservation(ironic, eh?) where I can easily drain without worrying about damaging plant life.
We live in a little town and have city water that they soak us pretty good for (pun intended) our water and sewer bill come together and sewer is based on water usage. I asked them if there was a discount for filling a pool or hot tub because they didn’t get the water back to treat. They said yes but only if you use 1000 gallons or more. So I figured if I have to pay a premium for the water I will send it back when done and I ran a hose from the drain to the cleanout that’s above ground and it is the easiest thing to do now draining the tub.
I'm in albany new York drained on lawn for 15 yrs never had a problem. I do try to avoid putting in chlorine for a couple of days be for draining