How Clean is The Water in a Float Tank?
Often, people ask if we change the water in the pods between each user and, equally as often, people are surprised when the answer is “no”. That said, the water in the Pod will likely be some of the cleanest water you’ve ever entered. We’ll explain!
The Float Tank Association (yes – it exists!) has created the US Float Tank Standards – a stringent set of regulations regarding sanitation, cleaning, and maintenance. They state the water should be changed every 1000 Floats or every 6 months.
Public swimming pools and hot tubs are used by many at once and the heath department regulations state that all the water must be filtered once every 6 hours. Our Pods are designed to filter the water 24/7 when the Pod is not in use.
Our Pods will filter the ENTIRE contents of the tank 3-5 times between each single user.
Additionally, each Pod contains about 1,000 pounds of magnesium sulfate (Epsom salt) which is a natural antimicrobial. In reality, the salt content in the Pod is so high that bacteria can’t survive. Researchers have actually injected bacteria into this concentration and it died very quickly.
Surely that’s enough to cover our bases, right? Probably true, but the float tank industry is committed to the highest standard of cleanliness and Pods often exceed the requirements of the health departments…so there’s more!
UV Sanitation
As humans, we’re able to tolerate the UV rays of the sun. Bacteria, viruses, and molds aren’t so lucky. In the Float Pod, UV works to purify by damaging cellular DNA—when anything undesirable in the pod meets these purifying rays, they are killed. UV treatment protects against viruses (including Hepatitis, which is resistant to chlorine), molds and bacteria.
Ozone Purification System
You know that heavenly smell in the air after a summer thunderstorm? We can thank Ozone for that! It’s (O3) comprised of 3 oxygen atoms, however, it’s unstable like this, thus causing a release of one of the atoms. When this extra oxygen comes in contact with anything undesirable in the water, it’s almost immediately oxidized and, thus, purified. Ozone kills bacteria 3,000 times faster than chlorine and has 50 times the power. It eliminates organic material and viruses in addition to bacteria, mold, and yeast.
