Swimming Pool Horror Movie: 12 Feet Deep
Diving into the Movie: 12 Feet Deep When Aquatics International magazine first called me and asked if I would be interested in a project that involved watching a horror movie…
Common Pool Service Marketing Fails
Do you have a marketable point of difference? Is your message clear? Or, is your strategy to regurgitate the same? Everyone else says?? Help your potential customer decide to…
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Black Algae Copper Experiment
a less than lethal dose at an extended contact time⏱ To determine whether a less than lethal dose of copper sulfate, over an extended contact time (CT) in a real…
Black Algae Copper Experiment Results
Copper Sulfate Pentahydrate Specifics: “L” shaped Class A Competition Pool; 230K gallons of water; location: Florida; >14 years of documented Black Algae growth; qty of 2 of 7.5 hp Baldor…
Them Dawgs Can Swim!
University of Georgia Aquatics There is a lot more to consider when maintaining these colossal giants of competition and wellness than one might think. Pool Operators face a myriad of challenges…
1909
Minnesota Department of Health, R.N. Barr Library; Librarians Melissa Rethlefsen and Marie Jones
This 1910 photograph depicts a portable emergency hypochlorite plant that was property of the Minnesota State Board of Health; Division of Sanitation. The photo presents a general view of the original plant. This is one of a series of instructional photos used by the Minnesota Board of Health to train public health workers.
The focus of the images, and the training effort was to promote sound practices involved in protecting potable water supplies from bacterial contamination. The descriptive information accompanying this image referred to a governmental publication outlining the operating instructions for this device. The specific citation is: “Whittaker, H.A.; Hypochlorite treatment of water supplies; portable plant and field equipment for its administration Public health reports, 30:608-18, 1915.
Available Chlorine Content vs. Active Strength… Huh?
Available Chlorine Content (ACC) is perhaps the most confusing concepts to grasp. The term was created as a means of comparing the bleaching and disinfecting power of the different chlorine…
The Pool Shirts
I Probably get asked about my shirts more than anything else. I mean from those that see the class pictures and outside the expected swimming pool operation questions. I think its…
Pool Management Apps
The Dirty Swimming Pool Water Epidemic Includes Your Pool - Yes, Yours! It’s the week before Memorial Day 2018 and the Center For Disease Control releases its latest findings on…
The Duke of Pools
Duke University Aquatics There is a lot more to consider when maintaining these collosal giants of competition and wellness than one might think. Pool Operators face a myriad of challenges…
Raising pH with Air
Spas, Splash pads, and Waterpark rides... Ever wonder why the pH tends to run high in certain bodies of water no matter what you do? Always adding acid? Spas, Splash…
