Greetings,

We are building a new house in central Texas. The house will be built with a smallish in ground pool (12,000 gallons). There is no hot tub. My builder received a proposal from the pool sub that has the following equipment:

• Pool pump: 2.0 HP Pentair Whisperflo pump
• Filtration: 30" Pentair sand filter
• Pool Cleaner: Polaris 280 with booster pump
• Water treatment: Delta UV system with 320 Chlorinator
• Water Fill: Pool Miser automatic fill system with RPZ valve
• Automation: Jandy Z-4Pi Electronic control with iAqualink for Smartphone Operation

The pool pumps will be located about 3.5' below the water level of the pool and about 25 feet away.

I would appreciate any comments on this equipment proposal. I don't know much about pool equipment. One thing I do know is that the pumps for the pool in our current house consume quite a bit of electricity and are expensive to run. Thus, for the new pool I would like the most efficient pump system possible. I believe the proposed Whisperflo is a 2-speed pump. Should I be requesting a variable speed pump? Can't a single variable speed pump run both the filter and the Polaris eliminating the need for the booster pump?

Thanks in advance.