Wilfred Langelier's formula for predicting calcium carbonate precipitation potential (CCPP) is a widely-used method for assessing the scaling potential of water. Langelier's formula, also known as pHs, measures the tendency…
There have been some ridiculous practices in swimming pool water chemistry over the past couple of years,, and one of the worst offenders is in the pseudoscience of allowing pH…
The Langelier Saturation Index is the basis of swimming pool water chemistry. A simple mathematical formula determines whether the water is in balance (neither corrosive nor scale forming). Realistically, not…
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By Eric Knight The Benefits of Calcium Hardness in Cold Water ? Calcium is often treated like a four-letter-word by pool service professionals. This negative opinion of calcium comes from…
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…
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…
[responsivevoice_button voice="UK English Male" buttontext="Listen to Post"] ?Total Dissolved Solids TOTAL DISSOLVED SOLIDS Anything you add to a pool will increase something, and everything will increase TDS. For example, a…
