Pool Cleaning - Is Your Pool Water Clean?
73When you open up your pool at the beginning of a new season, it is recommended that you run your filter round the clock until the water in your pool turns completely clear. If, despite running the pump and filter constantly you have green, brackish looking water in your pool, you may have an algae problem. Don’t stop reading this article; you can get a lot of useful information on the probable causes why your pool water is not sparkling.
Some of the causes for funny looking water in your pool may include: green water: algae makes the water hazy; cloudy water: dirty filter, low chlorine content, high alkalinity and high pH or acidity level; a ‘ring’ at water line is the grease and oils shed by the people using the pool; calcium scale formation: very high pH, calcium and alkalinity levels.
You need to test the water to make sure you have the right chlorine levels in your pool. Part of your pool cleaning efforts should include regular clean-ups of the filter, pump, lint trap and skimmer baskets clean and in very good working condition to keep the pool water in sparkling condition. Adjust your pool inlets to allow the surface water to move in a circular direction to keep it sparkling.
Given below are some simple steps to be carried out to make sure the water in your pool is unquestionably clean and sparkling.
• The first step in your pool maintenance program is to balance the pH level in the pool water; this will ensure effectiveness of the pool chemicals.
• Sanitize the water to keep it bacteria free and safe for swimming. To do this you can use sanitizing tablets.
• You have to use chemicals that prevent the growth of algae in the pool, you can get super concentrated algae killer; make sure you buy something that preferably does not foam, but more importantly does not discolor hair.
• You have to use super-chlorination to prevent the chlorine odor and eye and skin irritation.
If you are feeling overwhelmed at the thought of how to test the pool water to make sure it is safe for swimming, don’t be; simply keep reading to find out how you can accomplish pool water cleaning tasks with ease.
You need to conduct regular tests of the water in your pool to make sure it is healthy and sanitized. If you don’t treat the water in your pool frequently, you are leaving it open to contaminants like bacteria, mold, algae and all kinds of terrible microorganisms that simply keep on multiplying. You also have to consider waste build up from the swimmers; body oils, suntan oils and perspiration.
The very latest innovation is a pool test strip; this plastic strip has a chemically treated pad that you dip into the water. The pad will turn various colors to indicate the problems with the water and you can compare the reading with the chart provided. This is probably the most hassle free method of testing pool water to check whether it is balanced properly, sanitized and disinfected.
Don’t neglect your pool cleaning duties, it’s the only way to have a clean pool and sparkling water that just begs you to dive in!
