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Tourism & Travel / spas | | Spanish term or phrase: punto de emergencia | Hello,
Any ideas on the above term when it's talking about the temperature of spa water? Cloruro sódicas con una temperatura en el punto de emergencia de 60º. Thanks for any suggestions. |
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| | the point of emergence (from the ground etc.) | Explanation:
Note: a comfortable temperature for bathing is between 27 and 30ºC.
Reference - thermal springs:
Diurnal and annual air temperature fluctuations (fig. 9) affect the water temperature of the springs. Thermal springs respond to air temperature because air temperature affects the ground temperature at the point of emergence, and air temperature
affects the water temperature of shallow ground water that
mixes with the thermal spring water. Some springs that emerge
at depths below the land surface, such as the bathhouse springs
and excavated springs, are less likely to be affected by surface
temperatures.
http://pubs.usgs.gov/sir/2006/5001/pdf/SIR2006-5001.pdf
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Note added at 2 hrs (2009-01-05 16:20:16 GMT)
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Just to clarify my note about a comfortable temperature for bathing: with 27 - 30º I was referring to the temperature at which heated swimming baths in Tenerife are maintained, but in spas the temperature range is wider than that, and it depends on the season, as per the reference below from Australia:
MY SPA IS TOO HOT IN SUMMER!!
Many people would like to reduce the normal running temperature of their spa, which is usually 38º or 39º in winter to 26º or less in summer.
http://www.sparepairs.com.au/files/sq1500.pdf |
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