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Most swimming pool water problems are the result
of one or more of the following:
- No free available chlorine
- Poor water circulation
- Not using test kits, or not reading them correctly
- Lack of proper pool maintenance, which includes periodic super-chlorination
and fresh water replacement
Check the symptoms listed below, click on the appropriate problem, then
apply the suggested remedy…
Cloudy water. Water appears murky or turbid due to
suspended matter.
Causes:
- Algae
- Too high a hardness level
- Too frequent back-washing
- Inefficient filter
- Plugged or channelled filter
- Precipitating calcium compounds
- Improper pH
- Improper total alkalinity
- Too high a total dissolved solids content
Remedies:
- Inspect filtration system
- Adjust you pH and total alkalinity to proper levels, as well as the
free available chlorine
- Maintain a consistent 1.0 - 1.5 ppm free chlorine level
Algae.
Green, cloudy water or dark green or black spots on pool walls. Algae
is not only unsightly, but it makes surfaces slippery. Algae can clog
pumps and filters, and may harbour bacteria.
Causes:
- Insufficient free-chlorine residual
- Not following routine pool maintenance, including testing and sanitising.
Remedies:
- Super-chlorinate
- Check pH and adjust, if necessary, to comfort zone: pH 7.2 - 7.8
- Brush spots with pool brush to remove clinging algae
- Maintain a minimum chlorine residual of 1.0 to 1.5 PPM
Eye burns
and chlorine-like odours.
Causes:
- Improper pH
- Combined chlorine
Remedies:
- Super-chlorinate
- Adjust pH to proper 7.2 - 7.8 range
- Maintain proper levels of pH, total alkalinity, and free chlorine
residual
Stains.
Usually brownish stains on pool surface.
Causes:
- Corrosion of pool’s metal hardware due to low pH
- High pH
- High alkalinity
- Dissolved metals
Remedies:
- Adjust pH to 7.2 - 7.8
- Adjust total alkalinity
- Check with us about acid washing your pool
Clogged
Filter. Water flow through your filter is impeded, resulting in increase
in circulatory system pressure.
Causes:
- Algae
- Calcification
- Hair
- Suntan lotion
- Improper pH
- Improper total alkalinity
Remedies:
- Check the guidelines for your pool, including proper pH and total
alkalinity, adjust them to proper levels
- Maintain proper levels for pH and total alkalinity
Foaming.
When your pool water looks like soap bubbles.
Causes:
- Too high a concentration of algaecide
- Organic debris in water
Remedies:
- Read product labels carefully, and obey dosage instructions
- Discard water, as necessary
- Super-chlorinate
- Adjust pH, total alkalinity, and free chlorine residual to proper
ranges
- Maintain those proper levels
Scale.
White, grey, or brownish deposits on pool surface or heater coils.
Causes:
- Calcium carbonate deposits caused by excessively hard water
- Accumulation of dissolved solids
Remedies:
- Adjust pH to 7.2 - 7.8
- Adjust total alkalinity
- Check with your us about acid washing your pool
Coloured Water
(1). Water in a newly-filled pool turns blue, brown, or black when first
treated chemically.
Causes:
- Chlorine turns unseen copper, iron, or manganese in the water into
unwanted and highly-visible compounds
- Water velocity in circulatory system too high
Remedies:
- Adjust pH to 7.8
- Run filter continuously and backwash as required
- Vacuum settled material to waste
- Check velocity of water to make sure copper is not leached out of
lines
Coloured Water (2). Water in already-filled pool
turns various colours.
Causes:
- Leaves, other organic debris in water
- Algae
Remedies:
- Clean pool of leaves or other debris
- Super-chlorinate
- Adjust the free chlorine residual, the pH and total alkalinity to
proper levels
- Maintain those levels
Total
Dissolved Solids. (Measures of all dissolved materials). Erratic pool
behaviour, scaling, staining, reduced chlorine efficiency.
Cause:
- Insufficient fresh water added to pool
Remedies:
- Discard "old" pool water
- Adjust your pool guidelines to proper range
- Maintain those proper levels
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