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Don’t Drink The Butt Water!

Post author:Rudy
Post published: August 4, 2019
Post category:Pool Safety Swimming Pool Safety

Crypto is Contracted by Swallowing Contaminated Pool Water! This is why we hear about "outbreaks" and facility closures in the NEWS on such a frequent basis. People dip their butts…

Oh Crap, Someone Pooped In The Pool!

Post author:Rudy
Post published: July 14, 2019
Post category:Apartment Pool Maintenance CPO Certification Class Home Owner Pool Care Hotel Pool Maintenance Pool Safety Pool Service Tips Water Chemistry

Code Brown!!! Sh*t happens, right? A fecal incident can occur from someone being ill, a child not wanting to get out because they are having too much fun, or even…

Prevent Drowning In Your Backyard Pool

Post author:Rudy
Post published: July 7, 2019
Post category:Pool Safety

On average, 19 children in the U.S. drown every year on the 4th of July - USA Swimming Foundation This is a tough subject and it's hard to even write…

How Can a Homeowner Tell if a Pool Person Has Had Any Training?

Post author:Rudy
Post published: June 2, 2019
Post category:Pool Management Pool News

Why You Should Hire A Certified Pool Professional to Maintain Your Backyard Pool Lack of Knowledge Could Result In The Formation of Harmful DBPs (Disinfection Byproducts), Zoonoses, Legionella, Equipment…

5 Secrets to Keeping Ducks out of Your Swimming Pool

Post author:Rudy
Post published: May 26, 2019
Post category:Pool News Pool Service Tips

[responsivevoice_button voice="UK English Male" buttontext="Listen to Post"] Get the Duck out of my Pool! Ducks in Swimming Pool Ducks in a Swimming Pool Can Make You Sick Ducks and…

City With The Most Swimming Pools?

Post author:Rudy
Post published: May 19, 2019
Post category:Pool News

[responsivevoice_button voice="UK English Male" buttontext="Listen to Post"] Which U.S. City Has the Most Swimming Pools According to the National Swimming Pool Foundation, over 360 thousand public swimming pools…

Swimming Pool Steve – Exposed!

Post author:Contributor
Post published: April 28, 2019
Post category:Pool News Swimming Pool Safety

What You Don't Know Can Hurt You ⚠️ For those of you that frequent Pool Operator Talk (Yes, that's the name of the site you are on ?) , I am sure you…

Pool Tools the Pros Use

Post author:Rudy
Post published: February 19, 2019
Post category:Equipment Product Review

Whether you are brand new to the service industry or just looking to maintain your existing pools, buying the equipment needed to keep a swimming pool in good condition can…

Swimming Bugs In My Swimming Pool

Post author:Rudy
Post published: August 13, 2018
Post category:Pool Service Tips Misc.

What are these Swimming Bugs, and how do I make them go away? The Fishing Spider is not a swimming bug, it is an arachnid. Due to appearance, is often…

Pool Girl Power 👉💪

Post author:Contributor
Post published: August 7, 2018
Post category:Pool News

Working in a Male-Dominated Field by Andrea Lynne Nannini Wikipedia: A swimming pool service technician (known colloquially as a pool man) is a tradesperson who cleans swimming pools and services major pool equipment such as pumps, motors, and…

Talking Pools Podcast

If you’ve ever stared at a test kit like it personally insulted your family… welcome home.

Talking Pools Podcast is the pool industry’s “pull up a chair” show—part shop talk, part field manual, part therapy session—built for people who actually live on pool decks: commercial operators, service techs, builders, facility managers, and anyone responsible for water that can’t afford to go sideways. The network was created to level up the pool industry with real-world conversations on water chemistry, filtration, troubleshooting, construction, safety, and the business side of keeping pools open and budgets intact.

Here’s the hook: it’s not theory-first. It’s experience-first—a roster of seasoned pros (with 250+ years of combined “been there, fixed that” wisdom) turning complicated problems into practical moves you can use the same day. And it’s not one voice, one vibe, one corner of the industry: it’s a network of shows designed to reflect how diverse this work really is—different regions, different specialties, different personalities.

Also worth saying out loud: women aren’t “special guests” here—they’re on the mic as hosts, from the beginning, with an intentionally balanced roster. That matters, because the best ideas in this industry don’t come from one lane—they come from the whole road.

If you want a podcast that can make you laugh and make you better at what you do—without pretending the job is easier than it is—Talking Pools is the one you queue up before the first stop, and keep on when the day starts getting weird.

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Your total alkalinity is 100 ppm. So is the pool next door’s. Why does one keep climbing in pH while the other takes a dive when you add alum?

On this Floc-It Friday, Rudy Stankowitz breaks down what’s behind that number on your test kit. He runs through a pool with 100 ppm total alkalinity and 100 ppm cyanuric acid, shows how the one-third shortcut changes the Langelier Saturation Index (LSI) calculation, and explains where that shortcut can get you in trouble. Then he takes it back to the equipment pad with a pool whose pH keeps creeping up, an acid dose, and an alum treatment.

Rudy opens with a thank-you to Olga Welch at Rutgers University for a letter about his years teaching pool water quality. He also reads past the headline on Haviland’s announced $26 million Indiana facility and gets to the questions that matter when chemicals are included in your monthly service rate. Will it handle the products you buy? Will it change what’s available? What will you actually pay?

And in Hudson, Florida, two pickups roll onto a jobsite with a championship belt for John Poma, the 2026 Talking Pools Podcast Pool Industry Mentor of the Year. Rudy tells the story of the surprise and shares how John handles a late-night call about a plaster problem. He asks what you saw, what you checked, and what you think it means. The next time you see it, you know where to start.

Chapters

00:01 A letter from Rutgers and a thank-you to Olga Welch
00:38 Haviland’s $26 million announcement and what to ask your supplier
03:28 What your total alkalinity test actually measures
07:59 The 100 ppm example, the LSI calculation, and rising pH
11:48 John Poma’s surprise championship belt reveal
13:24 The mentor who shaped John’s approach and how the award was decided
19:01 The limits of the one-third CYA shortcut and what happens when you add acid
24:21 Alum, alkalinity demand, and why starting pH only tells you part of the story

Got a water chemistry question you’d like Rudy to tackle on Floc-It Friday? Email talkingpools@gmail.com.

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