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Originally Posted by shut the front door

Never had to discharge. Why would you? I've been through 3 days of hurricane rain and never needed to discharge.
Is your pool overflowing into your living room?

Your pool probably has a self leveling float that discharges to the drain when it gets full. All the Rec center pools have this feature.

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Originally Posted by Kenswing

We also have a 2" lay flat hose attached to our pump. When T&D needed to do repairs to our tile they rolled that hose out to the street and pumped away.

We also have the auto fill/drain system. I keep the valve closed to the auto fill. If you ever have a leak or your float somehow gets set higher than the overflow you'll never know it until you get your water bill. For the most part the rain is keeping the pool full. If we run into a dry stretch and we lose too much water due to evaporation I'll turn the valve on, fill to desired level then close the valve again.

For my friend that was 70,000 gallons before he discovered it. Bill was over $500 because it is potable water filling the pool he also got a large sewer discharge fee.

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Originally Posted by Windguy

That’s a big no-no. Water should go into your yard—not the storm sewers.

http://www.cityoforlando.net/waterreclamation/summer-is-here-and-its-pool-time/

Where do you think the water goes from your yard? Into the storm drains

[Oneiric]

All pools have an autofill device which has a 1 inch vertical standpipe inside fixed at the proper level of the pool water. When the level gets too high from rain, it overflows into this standpipe out into the side yard. Even with a heavy rain, the outflow is very modest, similar to a garden hose turned on low flow.

[art32163]

I am looking at purchasing a pool and now have a second question, where does the back wash filter water go???

[TNLAKEPANDA]

We have an auto drain but it takes a very long time to drop the level. If the pool water gets too high like right now I let the pump drain it down onto the grass. There is not enough chlorine to damage the grass!

[TNLAKEPANDA]

Originally Posted by art32163

I am looking at purchasing a pool and now have a second question, where does the back wash filter water go???

They don’t use sand filters here in Florida so no need to backwash. Just replace the fil when needed about once a year.

[DAVES]

Originally Posted by shut the front door

Apparently it isn't so normal here. See all the responses from people that have never needed to. Where are all the responses from people who have had to do so?
(I'm not dumb, and I'm not your friend)

There is no shortage of people posting who if they ever had manners think they are antique. Where we are and how we got here.

[butlerism]

Previous Pool Company Owner here.

Discharge onto your lawn.

If that kills your grass think twice about the chemicals being put in your pool.

Chorine Generators (Salt Pools) will not kill your grass. Chlorine Tablets...... a 50/50.
Highly recommend salt conversion.

Avoid Biocidal additives that contain Copper elements. Copper infused chemicals will kill fish, and you, when the water goes to the lakes from the storm drains.

[sixfootrabbit]

..do you pool owners discharge down your driveway to the street drains, discharge into your yard or?[/QUOTE] When I bought my home in 2014 I noticed that we had a dead spot in the back yard that appeared to be from the pool overflow. After several years of trying to grow grass there, we had an underdrain for the pool discharge installed. No more dead grass. Almost all of the pools in TV are salt water, not chloring.

[Dana1963]

Originally Posted by boxcarwilly

Lot of rain lately..do you pool owners discharge down your driveway to the street drains, discharge into your yard or?

A perplexing problem BUT if you were not here what would happen. Living in South Florida we had an automatic overflow never had a problem with chlorine or salt damaging plants or lawn. With excessive rain there was more of a problem keeping chlorine or salt at acceptable levels.

[champion6]

Originally Posted by sixfootrabbit

<snip> Almost all of the pools in TV are salt water, not chlorine.

The salt in the water is converted to chlorine by the chlorination cell. So ... the water in your pool has salt AND chlorine. Enjoy!

[Eve2278]

Pools usually have a built in drain for overflow so no matter how much rain you get it won't overflow onto your lanai.

[Charlie.hanf]

We had to re-grout the tiles at the waterline of our pool. T & D came, closed the auto-fill valve, and drained a few inches of water (through a hose that could reach the street from the pump) to allow dry access to the tiles. The next day, they reopened the auto-fill valve and the level came up. Other than that, we have never needed to drain our pool.

[Silver Streak]

Our lanai/pool backs up to a retention pond so when the water level goes above the top of the skimmer (so it can't skim) we hook a long hose to the pump and drain it down the hill. Takes about half an hour to bring the level down an inch or more. (Not true that all pools have an auto-level. Even those that do can't always keep up with really heavy rain.)