“They’re buying more, because they’re afraid they’re not able to get it,” Welch said.
A Bio-Lab factory in Westlake, Louisiana, which produces pool and spa treatment products, experienced a devastating fire on the morning of Aug. 27, 2020, after the landfall of Hurricane Laura, according to USA Today. As a result there have been shortages of chlorine across the country, with an anticipated 58% price increase from June through August, compared with the same period a year earlier, according to IHS Markit data cited in a Goldman Sachs report on the chlorine shortage.
Locally, the people at Bronson’s and at Roy’s Pools LLC in Canterbury and Plainfield are noticing issues with acquiring powder and tablet chlorine, while liquid pool shock seems to still be in supply, though it seems contingent on getting the shock drums back.