Water usage plunges for pool

Cardiff International Pool attracts more than 700,000 visitors a year and is among the first in the UK to use a simple new invention by Birmingham based hygiene and cleaning specialists Chemex International.

Chemex is supplying the leisure centre with biological 'green' toilet blocks, which drop into gents' urinals and drastically reduce water usage without carbon intensive chemicals.Natural bacteria and enzymes keep urinals smell and blockage free without the need to flush.

In the first six months of usage the centre has used 2,507 less units of water, which equates to the equivalent of more than 6,000 a year.

"To shave 6,000 a year off one utility bill is pretty impressive. It is saving money as well as helping the environment by reducing demand for water,"says John de Maid,General Manager of Cardiff International Pool.