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  1. Off-season essentials: Physical and chemical winterization

    By Alicia Stephens and Jamie Novak Summer is winding down and as much as we do not want to, it is time to start thinking about winterizing pools. The sun is shining and the days are hot, but cooler nights and shorter days will be here and soon it will be time to close pools for the winter. The goal...
  2. Prevention is better than cure: A good maintenance plan can avoid pool and spa closures

    The beauty about working in the aquatics industry is learning about all of the information and various components involved in the operation of a pool. It is a natural assumption that there is a hole in the ground and this perfect, pristine body of water is waiting to cool swimmers on a hot day. In actual fact, pool operation can...
  3. The Benefits of Commercial Acrylic Spas

    If you're in the market for a spa for your commercial business, you may be wondering what your options are. While concrete spas have been the traditional choice for many years, there's a new player in town: commercial acrylic spas. In this blog post, we'll be discussing the benefits of these spas and why they may be the right choice...
  4. Ramp Up Your Renovations

    Some swimming pool builders are now seeing a decline in new construction leads, sales and revenues, forcing them to make adjustments to their daily operations. In most cases, they have a couple of choices: either begin to reduce overhead or look to replace the lost revenue with other services that are being less affected. Reducing overhead is hard because it...
  5. Research Update: CYA Removal Method Confirmed

    With this being the June issue, I figured it was a good time to update you on my research. First, a little background. Some of you will recall that in 2018, in the absence of any solid documentation on swimming pool black algae available to any of us, I decided to research the problem on my own in one of...
  6. How balanced water chemistry can help prevent further algae growth

    Scientific studies estimate there are 30,000 to one million different species of algae in existence.1 There are also several thousands of species which have yet to be classified or named. It appears even phycologists, the people who study these organisms, disagree on the exact number of known and unknown species of algae. In pools, four main types—green, yellow, blue-green, and...
  7. The Brown Lowdown

    Some filters you never have to clean. Coffee filters, for instance – you just throw away the filter media and replace it with fresh. But in the pool and spa world, the arduous task of cleaning filter media is a regular part of maintaining a pool with sparkling water. So, of course, we make the best of it and do...
  8. The essential ‘three Ps’ of pool care

    There are many chemicals involved in creating a clean and safe pool, and they can be broken down into four main categories: sanitizers, oxidizers, algaecides, and ancillary chemicals. Each plays a different role in the “Three Ps” of pool care: Preventing disease Protecting the equipment Providing the expected swimming environment These chemicals work together to create a successful pool care...
  9. How enzymes are important in pool maintenance and care

    Thousands of industries worldwide are creating strategies to invest more in sustainable programs and products. With just as much capacity to embrace some of these eco-friendly practices, the pool and spa industry is no different to this idea. Due to their extraordinary abilities to break down many types of contaminants, the industry constantly examines ways to expand its range of...
  10. Complying with North American pool accessibility regulations

    Modern times call for innovative solutions. This especially applies to the pool industry, where businesses facing notoriously high overhead costs are under pressure to either evolve with current demands or get left behind. Today, state-of-the-art aquatic facilities need to better adapt to the changing world around them—and a painfully evident part of this change is the rising cost of nearly...

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