Every day thousands upon thousands of facilities across the country depend upon their chemistry controllers to keep their pools and spas in line. Yet despite the staggering number of devices …
Are You CPO Certifiable?
There are many great reasons to get a CPO® Certification. For someone new to the aquatics industry, it can give them a good foundation of general knowledge to build upon …
How To Plan And Budget For Your Aquatic Facility?
Budgets, something that might as well be a four-letter word at times. Everyone has one, big or small, and everyone in the aquatic industry has things they must spend money …
The History Of Ancient Baths and Spas
The concept of spas dates all the way back in the early AD years. Baths were the precursor of spas and hot tubs and they where mainly meant for personal …
How important is pH?
When I teach a CPO class, one of my questions is to ask what the most important chemical test an operator takes. Most come back with that it must be …
Why Is It Important To Use A Controller In The Pool?
It is not 1970, no longer can we look at a pool and say “well it’s clear” throw in some granular chlorine and call it “good enough”. It is 2017, …
Why Do You Need To Test Your Swimming Pool Water?
For those working with pools and spas, the mighty water test is a big part of our daily routine. The results can make us stand back and smile upon our …
How To Get Health Insurance Rebate With A Gym Membership?
Swimming and Your Health Swimming is great exercise and it’s fun! Many of us suffer from sore knees, joints, etc. By working out in water, many of these aches won’t …
Gods of Water: Water Deities – Fun Facts
Gods and Mortals: The power of water in human life through Mythology. It’s a known fact that people before the scientific era held a pantheon of Deities very close to their …
The Importance of Valve Sequencing
After hearing about two separate pump room incidents recently involving plumbing failures due to improper valve sequencing (costing the facilities thousands of dollars), I thought it might be appropriate to suggest …
National Water Safety Month
Yesterday marked the start of National Water Safety Month. May is National Water Safety Month, with the majority of the world consisting of water; oceans, streams, seas, lakes, etc. and …
What To Do With Cloudy Swimming Pool Water?
Cloudy, hazy, dull – and no, we aren’t talking about Seattle’s weather. We’re talking about cloudy pools. It can happen without warning, one day your pool is perfect, properly balanced …
Automation and pH Control for Your Pool
I have just visited with a high end HOA, in the desert, close to Las Vegas to discuss upgrading their water to a Salt Pure® system. As is my habit …
Water Conservation Facts
Hello and Happy World Water Day! In honor of this day we bring you our final blog in our random water facts series. Being in the aquatics industry makes water …
Water in America – More Fun Facts
Welcome to the fifth installment of our Water Series, today’s facts are about water in America. WATER IN AMERICA ============= In a year, the average American residence uses over 100,000 …
Aquatics Record Management
We all know it to be true that keeping good records is not only important but is required by law for a few years. Typically between three and five …
Electrolytic Cell Maintenance Calcification Tips
It is very important when commissioning a new cell or a replacement cell for your chlorine generator to take voltage and amperage readings and log them for future reference. Also, …
The World and Water Facts
Hello and welcome to the fourth installment of water facts. We primarily deal with salt water pools but, Eli has rounded up information from all over the web to bring …
What is ORP and How Does it Work in a Chemistry Controller?
ORP stands for Oxidation Reduction Potential, which is measured in milliVolts, and indicates the potential of the halogen (chlorine or bromine) to oxidize (changing the chemical structure of contaminants; or …
The Anatomic and Anthropological Water Facts
Hello and welcome to our third installment about random water facts. In this blog we are looking at water and living things. Anatomic and Anthropological View ========================= A person can …