Clear Pool – Perfect Pool

It always amazes me how few people test the water in their pools.  They will come in and say that the water is clear like drinking water, but their children or grandchildren’s eyes are burning or that they are getting a rash.

When I test it most of the time there is little or no chlorine and the PH is extremely low-3.0.  The Total Alkalinity is also 0.  The reason the water is so clear as nothing can live in a bath of acid and that is what the pool is at this point.

Home testing the water with Pool check 5 test strips twice a week would have prevented this.  Now they have a big expense of totally re-balancing the water.   I’ll ask them how often they check the water at home and the usual response is “I just put in chlorine and as long as it looks good, why bother”.

Testing the water is the most important part of pool ownership. Proper water balance is what keeps everybody healthy and the water sparkling

Chet