Maintaining Safe Water Chemistry
One of the primary responsibilities of a Certified Pool Operator (CPO) is to maintain not just proper swimming pool water chemistry but also safe water chemistry. Balanced water chemistry is essential…
Langelier vs. Carrier vs. Wojtowicz: Strengths, Shortfalls, and Accuracy in Swimming Pool Water
The Langelier Saturation Index, or LSI, was developed by Wilfred Langelier in 1936 to predict the stability of calcium carbonate in water systems. His original method calculated a saturation pH…
Peeing in Pools: The Chemical Reactions
When someone decides "Peeing in Pools" is ok and it's time to take a little "bathroom break" (because apparently, that's just fine), a chain of chemical reactions starts to unfold…
Chelating agents and Sequestering agents
the secrets behind chelating agents and sequestering agents. Remember, the dance between metals and your pool's chemistry is a delicate one.
Carbonate Alkalinity
You are probably familiar with the effect of cyanuric acid on the effectiveness of chlorine. Or, at least, the myth of chlorine lock. Regardless, we agree that the subject gets…
How Phosphate Removers work
I'm continuing with the specialty chemical thing. Last week we talked about how enzymes work. This time it's how phosphate removers work. Sadly, this is not something that everyone has…
How enzymes work
If you've been following along, I'm sure you've noticed that I've been spending a lot of time talking about specialty chemicals lately. That's because the availability of the critical disinfectants…
Muriatic Acid Alternatives
I guess we can add muriatic acid to the list of pool products that are becoming impossible to find this year. The truth is it's been kind of scarce for…
How Borates in Swimming Pools Buffer pH
Borates in Swimming Pools This may very well be the 'New Craze' in swimming pool chemistry and probably comes as close to being the elusive 'Magic Pill' as anything. Though…
Alum CyA Removal Method Step-By-Step
This is probably a bit overdue, but we decided it would be easiest to bullet point the CyA removal method we are field testing. So, here is the Alum CyA…
