With over 100 years of service to the Melbourne community, the Heritage listed Melbourne City Baths is continuing to lead the aquatic industry. Its latest innovation ensures pool water quality is maintained at the highest standards.
Managed by Melbourne City Council, the Baths facility comprises the largest swimming pool in the Local Government area, along with a state of the art gymnasium and cardio studio.
Earlier this year, Council engaged aquatic and recreation facility engineering specialists, Roejen Services, to install its MechMate Aquatic Control System. The system monitors and controls pool chemical levels by automating the pool dosing system. It provides an advanced, automated disinfection action when chemical levels become too low or too high. This minimises waterborne bacteria and viruses, while at the same time, balances ozone and chlorine disinfectants to keep odour and sore eyes to a minimum.
All aquatic facilities are required to add chemicals to maintain water chemistry within health guidelines. Prior to the installation of the MechMate system, pool operators at Melbourne City Baths were required to manually check the pool’s chemistry every four hours.
Manager Melbourne City Baths, Mark Jones, said that with the new system, this data is accessible in real time and is stored electronically.
“Not only does this reduce reporting times for this critical data, but we no longer need to physically handle chemicals as the entire dosing process is automated,” he said. “This has improved site safety for both staff and customers. Both swimmers and spa users benefit from optimal water chemistry, and by ensuring health guidelines are maintained, we can guarantee ongoing access for all patrons, to all aquatic environments.”
MechMate can be monitored and controlled from anywhere within the Melbourne City Council computer network and can also be remotely accessed via the internet.
Mark Jones said this enables skilled technicians to assist the Melbourne City Baths team immediately, without attending the facility.
“Our team can now focus all its attention on our customers, without having to worry about manually checking chemical levels,” he said. “Instant messaging alerts, sent direct from the system to a mobile phone or computer, provide an early warning of any faults that may occur and help staff to optimise water and energy costs as the pool water is treated.
“Once a staff member receives an alert, they are able to log into the system and rectify the problem remotely, or alert the service provider that attention is needed.”
For further information contact Mark Jones on (03) 9663 5888.
