A recent study has discovered the average swimming pool can have up to 75 litres of urine.
Researchers at the University of Alberta took 250 samples from 31 pools in two Canadian cities.
Canadian researchers studying urine levels in swimming pools have discovered just how high the levels are, and the results are not pretty, according to an article published on Wednesday.
Researchers at the University of Alberta developed a test to measure the amount of urine and took more than 250 samples from 31 pools and hot tubs in two Canadian cities.
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The results showed a single 830,000-litre pool, which is about one-third of an Olympic-sized pool, had 75 litres of urine, while another smaller pool had 30 litres.
Humans introduce “a variety of chemicals” into recreational waters through bodily fluids, and separate news of an overnight water colour change in the 2016 Rio Olympic pools highlights the need to monitor water quality, according to the study, published in the journal Environmental Science and Technology Letters.
The presence of urine in swimming pools is a public health concern because it can mix with pool chemicals to harm swimmers’ health, according to the study.
