Reverse Osmosis Provides Drought-Friendly Way To Clean Pools

SACRAMENTO (CBS13) — California's lingering drought is forcing local homeowners to get creative when it comes to keeping water in their swimming pools fresh and clean.

Many are no longer draining their backyard oasis, instead opting for a reverse osmosis.

Jump into Joe Asaro's backyard pool and you'll see something most people have never seen—a way to fill a swimming pool with clean water without having to drain it.

When his pool cleaning company Swim Chem told him they're trying something new that's drought friendly, he thought why not?

"That many gallons of water, why would you just waste it? It just makes no sense," he said.

The reverse-osmosis filtration system sucks water out of the deep end while pumping water in at the shallow end. The company is the first to officer the system and has only been doing it for three months. The leap is paying off.

The cost for the new system is $550, but it's said to last for several years.