[Henchster]

"And less depth means less water, which means lower water bills, he said."

Do these liberal idiots actually believe this crap?

OK, you may save water on chemicals and electricity/gas with a smaller gallonage, but a pool that is simply shallower, with the same surface area, uses the same amount of water, as water can only evaporate from the SURFACE of the pool, not the bottom.

[nygoose]

Sometimes things are so obvious that we never think of them. Thanks.

[El Gato]

OK, you may save water on chemicals and electricity/gas with a smaller gallonage, but a pool that is simply shallower, with the same surface area, uses the same amount of water, as water can only evaporate from the SURFACE of the pool, not the bottom.

And a shallower pool will get warmer too, so there will be *more* evaporation. It will get warmer for a couple of reasons, the major one being that the amount of heat coming in from the sun will be the same, but there will be more water to heat up in a deeper pool. Plus the water will loose energy to the surrounding soil, at least at much depth it will, and a deeper pool has more area at depth to lose heat through.

But then liberals don't really think, they just "feel", especially "For the Children".