Measuring How Much Pee Is In Your Pool

Knowledge is power! Even if that knowledge causes you to rethink some of those lovely summer memories.

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Summary: I visited Lindsay Blackstock at the University of Alberta to learn about her ingenious method for measuring the amount of pee in a pool by looking at the concentration of an artificial sweetener called Acesulfame Potassium. We looked at some samples from some pools in my area to determine how much pee was in them and I conducted an experiment of my own to see what was the cause of that "classic pool smell". I also presented average amounts of pee in large pools as well as an equation to determine how much pee is in your own pool.

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I make videos like this once a month all year long while supplies last:

[kodzuken]

“In your pool”


Me: *laughs in broke*

[soda-sntz]

jokes on them I go to random pools and pour in packets of artificial sweetener

[QueenOokamini]

Wild how you can get a smell of nostalgia if some toddler pees in your local pool

[zenberryflood]

This is something I didn’t wanna find out about pools but I’m glad I did.

[Tazrian]

The amount of times I accidentally swallowed pool water 😣

[playboyagent]

I knew a guy who would use his mouth as a water gun with the pool water in a public apartment pool 💀 I should send him this video

[Porter]

Me watching this after drinking some water from the public pool: 👁👄👁

[tjlikezgamez]

This Video is more educational than science class

[Davidgotkicks]

Watching this makes me never wanna swim in a pool again 😂

[machintruc]

5:50 that’s cool ! That means no one pied in my families pool when I was a kid. We added everything needed, but it never smelled like public pool, I always wondered why. Now I have the answer 😁

[huntercool]

Do I wanna know the answer in this video? Probably not.

*Am I gonna watch it anyways? Yes, yes I am.*

[DaddyDog]

I used to swim competitively and always thought when we went to a pool that smelled extra strong of chlorine, it must be super clean. 😂🤦‍♂️😢 I'm now ruined for swimming.

[chillypong]

Me after the video: how to erase memory

[machintruc]

There surely were an investigation after this video in the family owning this pool, to determine who was guilty 😆

[thedoctor]

Two comments, trichloramine is also formed from (eg) amino acid breakdown from algae and bacteria. And where is the control for the sweetener in urine?

[hellokittybean]

Her: “yes, we have evidence everyone pees in the pool”

7yo me: 👀

[TheCelloPanda]

Moral of the story: Don't pee in the pool because you'll give people asthma.

[elixir_doesstuff]

I’m legit never swimming again. I ruined my own life by watching this. I just think mark is an awesome creator.

[gdbdumi]

it turns out that your warm memories are related to urine😂

[WCGwkf]

The fact that the pool smell is caused from pee is never going to leave my mind