7 Hazards That Can Affect Pool Covers Pool covers eliminate water loss from your pool and keep debris from finding its way into your pool. In fact, a properly functioning pool cover can translate to immense savings over time. However, damage to the pool cover can quickly water down your gains. What kind of hazards can impair the enjoyment of your pool? Here are 7 things that could damage pool covers, and how you can avert their effects. 1. Trees Although trees provide some natural character to the environment, falling twigs and branches can quickly ruin your pool cover. In fact, trees (or falling branches) are a primary contributor to pool cover failure. Also, note that strong winds can break branches from trees that seem harmless and drop them on your pool cover. Therefore, periodically pruning the trees around the pool can help address this concern. 2. Animals Have you ever seen a spooked animal in full flight? Normally, such an animal would run in any direction and unfortunately, they may make a beeline for the pool area, leading to destruction of your pool cover. Worse still, wild animals can damage your cover, but this is dependent on where your