Residential Swimming Pools, Ponds & Hot Tubs
Discharge Requirements
Most private single family housing pools are not connected to the City’s sewer system. Pool water can be drained on site if properly contained to the owner’s property, such as lawn and landscape areas.
The chlorine and bromine in your pool provides benefits, but must be handled wisely. They are convenient and economical primary sanitizers for swimming pools and hot tubs. Chlorine is the most popular and used in swimming pools. Bromine is very stable at high temperature and has recently found heightened popularity in spas and hot tubs.
Swimming pool water containing chlorine/bromine is NOT ALLOWED to drain to public sewer or any storm water system drain or collection areas without first neutralizing the chemicals pH level and official approval. For additional information, contact the Ada County Highway Department (ACHD) Storm water Hotline at (208) 395-8888.
If a residential or community swimming pool is connected to the City’s sanitary sewer system and needs to be drained, first contact the Pretreatment Program Manager at 208 888-2191 for approval and additional discharge information. Planned discharges help prevent back-ups, overflows, and basement flooding, so please call (208) 888-2191 before you discharge.
NOTE: A residential pool or hot tub cannot be drained to a street sewer manhole as per Meridian City. Code, reference Title 9 Chapter 2, PRETREATMENT SEWER, § 9-2-2-1 B Prohibited Discharge Standards, Specific Prohibitions 26.
