Water Testing

Wouldn’t it be wonderful if rain provided free water for your swimming pool? After splashing around in the evening you could just wait for the next rainy day to fill your pool back up to its [...]

Let’s imagine you’re studying for the Certified Pool & Spa Operator® to obtain your CPO® certification. You have already become familiar with the concepts in the Pool & Spa Operator [...]

So, you have the seasonal service package where your technician comes every week to maintain your pool, but what exactly does maintaining your pool involve? Pools have a combination of things [...]

At commercial swimming facilities, some states require you to hire Certified Pool Operators®, CPO ®) but other states do not. If your state doesn’t require it, why should you hire a CPO ® or have [...]

To protect ourselves from harmful UV rays, we often use sunscreen before spending a day outside by the pool. While it is a great way to protect our skin, sunscreen can wreak havoc on the water [...]

You may have recently installed a pool at your home or are looking to find a job as a Certified Pool Operator®. Either way, you need some advice on pool maintenance for beginners. The complexity [...]

In the world of commercial pool maintenance you’ll hear words like water stabilizer, conditioner or even ‘pool sunscreen.’ But what do these refer to? The short answer is cyanuric acid. Cyanuric [...]

Water testing is an important and essential part of maintaining swimming pools and spas. In commercial applications, a DPD (diethyl-p-phenylenediamine) reagent is used to measure either total or [...]

Buying a home is a large investment, often the largest one you will make in your life. You need to make sure you are investing in a home that is in good condition. To make sure that both the [...]

In our last article, we went over essential information on vacuum DE pool filters and their uses at a swimming facility. This week, we’ll look at the pressure DE pool filter, how they work and [...]