Water recreational apparatus with sweep jets

A water recreational apparatus comprising:

• (a) a water basin having side walls and a bottom wall;
• (b) a pump having a suction side and a discharge side;
• (c) a filter;
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• (d) one or more downwardly directed sweep jets disposed within the water basin proximate to the side walls, the sweep jets being disposed above the bottom wall by a distance of between about 3 inches and about 6 inches, the plurality of sweep jets being in fluid tight communication with the discharge side of the pump.

A method of removing debris from the bottom of a water recreational apparatus wherein the water recreational apparatus comprises a water filled basin, a filter and a pump, the water basin comprising a bottom wall and side walls having an upper portion and a lower portion, the side walls or the bottom wall having a filter opening for taking a slip stream of water from the water basin to the filter, the method comprising the steps of:

• (a) providing the water recreational apparatus with one or more downwardly directed sweep jets disposed proximate to the side walls, the sweep jets being disposed above the bottom wall of the basin by a distance of less than about 10 inches, the one or more downwardly directed sweep jets being in fluid tight communication with the discharge side of the pump;
• (b) pumping water through the one or more downwardly directed sweep jets using the pump so as to roil water disposed proximate to the bottom wall of the basin;
• (c) drawing off a slip stream of water containing the debris from the basin via the filter opening;
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• (d) filtering the debris from the slip stream.