With an industry estimate of over 1.2 million residential pools in Australia, it doesn’t come as a shock to find out that many pool owners are still reeling from the effects of the floods and heavy rains last month. With an estimated 70% of the users using salt water chlorinators to chlorinate their pool, it doesn’t come as a surprise that we’re facing a pool salt shortage that makes the shortages back in 2011 look like a minor supply glitch!
All across the east coast of Australia, especially QLD and NSW, swimming pools have been turning into nasty shades of green as suppliers struggle to keep up with the pool salt demand. While many salt producers are ramping up production to keep up with the heightened demand, pool industry insiders are predicting that it will take another two to three months for the supply to normalise itself.