Helpful Guide to a Simple Pool Sanitation

Keeping a pool sanitized all the time should be the main goal of pool owners. However, some do not have the luxury to hire workers for pool maintenance and some are quite busy with their work and lifestyle. For busy pool owners, sanitizing the pool does not require a lot of time. All they have to do is to be familiar on when and how to sanitize the pool depending on its usage.

Here are some of the helpful ways to maintain good pool sanitation:

Test and adjust pH level - A healthy and clean pool water has a balanced pool chemistry from pH, chlorine, TA, calcium hardness and stabilizer levels. The levels of the things that are mentioned must be tested using a test kit available anywhere in pool merchandises. Pool owners can do the job themselves as the test kit has manuals that would guide them in comparing the colors that would indicate if there is problem so that necessary adjustment could be done.

Chlorinate and clarify - chlorine is the best sanitizer for the swimming pool. Before adding chlorine in the pool water, it is important to test the chlorine level and ph balance in order not to add excessive chlorine in the pool water. Chlorine can be bought in granules and tables and these things must be diluted first before being poured into the water. Chlorine is recommended to be added during afternoon in line with the scheduled pumping of the pool. At the same time, chlorine is very much sensitive to the sun's ultraviolet rays so adding chlorine must be done during late afternoon or sundown. Some brand for chlorine would last for a long period in which the chlorine could still sanitize the pool and eliminates bacteria and algae.

Once a Week Shock Treatment – Shock treatment is simply the process of adding larger amount of chlorine to thoroughly and aggressively eliminating bacteria and algae. Shock treatment improves the cleaning capability of chlorine. It is important to consider the recommended shocking schedule to optimize the effectiveness of the chlorine.

Prevent Algae – As much as possible, algae must be prevented. A healthy pool with balanced chemistry would be enough to prevent the build up for algae.In some cases, pool owners who have dealt with persistent cases of algae problems, the use of preventative algaecide is used. In the event that algae have started to proliferate in the pool, then it must be removed as soon as possible with the use of the common algaecide. There are a lot of people who thinks that all algae are the same but there are a lot of different types which can be differentiate with its color. Yellow, green, and black algae are the common algae problems that pool owners have to face.