Water Analysis Aspect

  When providing maintenance to your pool, the optimum balance of the water is the most crucial aspect of your experience. Maintaining a correctly balanced pool will allow for an environment that is constantly clean, extending the lifespan of your equipment, and avoid possible corrosion. This will provide an environment that is pleasurable and healthy in order to fully enjoy your pool. When thoroughly reviewing balance of your pool, there are five important factors to consider: pH, total alkalinity, calcium hardness, stabilizer, and total dissolved solids (TD

 The stabilizer is a vital part of the total function of the pool. Given a comparison, the stabilizer is like sunscreen protecting the skin from the sunlight. This chemical is utilized biannually in order to protect its chlorine levels from intensifying or subsiding, inhibiting the breakdown of the chlorine and maintaining the correct balance for longer periods of time. Total Dissolved Solids (TDS) Total Dissolved Solids is the total weight of all of the soluble materials in the water. Due to sun exposure, the water will begin to evaporate leaving all of the dissolved solutes behind, creating a supersaturated water environment increasing the waters age. This will allow a perfect environment for bacteria to reproduce and for algae to appear. 

Due to the process of filtration that is on-going within nature, you will naturally find a percentage of calcium present in the water. If found with an excess amount of calcium, the water will have a cloudy appearance, solid deposits start forming allowing bacteria to grow, and obstruction begins to occur, affecting the filtration, equipment, and circulation. If found with a lack of calcium saturation, the water will start breaking down the pool walls.

  pH is a measure of the acidity of your pools water. The pH should always remain between 7.2-7.8 to allow for healthy exposure. If the pH is thrown off the recommended scale, then it might cause for an uncomfortable experience while using your pool.

 The total alkalinity measures the ability of the water to resist changes to its pH levels. It is like an anchor to maintaining the proper pH levels, preventing the fluctuation of acidity within the water.