Chloramines come in three flavors: monochloramine, dichloramine, and trichloramine. Trichloramine is the one that fumes into the air and makes you cough like you just inhaled pool pepper spray.
They form when chlorine reacts with ammonia—which, let’s be honest, is mostly pee. (Yep, that’s why you don’t swim after a big burrito. Just saying.) The more swimmers, the faster chloramines build up, especially in crowded commercial pools.
The key to removing them is oxidation. You need to blast those chloramines into harmless nitrogen gas and water, sending them packing into the atmosphere. It’s like giving your pool a deep detox—but without the green juice.
