Pool Resurfacing in Altamonte Springs

The reclaimed line is not the fill line

Altamonte Springs began its reclaimed water program, Project APRICOT, more than 30 years ago, and built it by retrofitting neighborhoods that already existed, which is why reuse water reaches nearly every property in the city. The city’s reclaimed water page is plain that this water is not for body-contact recreation such as swimming pools and spas, and Florida’s reuse rule, 62-610.469, says reclaimed water shall not be used to fill swimming pools. After a new quartz finish goes in, the refill has to come from the drinking-water tap, even when the irrigation spigot is closer to the deep end. Part of that reuse supply now comes from A-FIRST, the city’s joint project with FDOT that captures stormwater from the I-4 corridor and treats it for irrigation.

Six wells and an orthophosphate dose

Drinking water comes from the Floridan aquifer through six city wells. The 2025 Annual Drinking Water Quality Report lists tray aeration to remove hydrogen sulfide, chlorination, and an orthophosphate corrosion inhibitor added to protect the distribution pipes; the city’s drinking water page adds that the aeration also takes out iron. That last step matters to a pool owner. Phosphate is a nutrient algae use, so an Altamonte refill can carry a small phosphate load before a single chemical is added. It is not a reason to avoid city water, only a reason to test the first fill for phosphate before the start-up balance is set.

Drain toward the lawn, not the street

The city’s pollution-prevention guidance asks residents to drain pool water and filter backwash onto the lawn or landscaping, because the storm system carries what enters it to local lakes such as Cranes Roost, Lake Orienta and Spring Lake. On a resurfacing job that applies twice: once to the old pool water, and again to the rinse from an acid wash and drain-clean. Much of Altamonte’s single-family housing went up between the 1960s and the 1980s, including ranch-home streets such as Spring Valley, so a pool poured alongside one of those houses has had decades of Florida sun on its surface. Permits here come from the Building and Fire Safety Department. Its permit FAQ calls tile work inside single-family homes cosmetic but says nothing about pool interiors, so ask the department whether your scope needs a permit before a date is set.

Nearby areas

South on US 17-92 is Winter Park. A few exits north on I-4, past Longwood, is Lake Mary, and State Road 436 heads west out of town to Apopka.

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