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No. Salt water pools add chlorine to your pool using a sanitation system that produces this chemical. Salt alone does not sanitize a pool.

For pools with no salt, you need to add 30 lbs. of salt for every 1000 gallons of water.

Over-salting your pool won’t damage the pool system, but it will create water that tastes salty. This can also damage metals such as ladders and handrails.