National Water Safety Month – 2012
The month of May is National Water Safety Month: “an annual awareness campaign coordinated by the Association of Pool &
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Consider the Pool Inspector An Ally!
We just finished up our third CPO Certification class of the new year this past Thursday and Friday, February 9-10,
Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDS)
We started off the new year of 2012 with our Certified Pool/Spa Operator® Certification class in Anaheim this past Thursday
Flow Rate and Water Velocity
We finished out the year of 2011 at PoolCorp’s Superior Pool Products building in Anaheim this past Thursday and Friday (December 8-9)
You Need to Know How Much Water is in the Pool !
When you maintain a swimming pool – residential or commercial – you MUST know how much water is in it. If
GFCI (Ground Fault Circuit Interrupter) vs. Circuit Breaker
When we are in Chapter 14 (Facility Safety) of the Pool & Spa Operator Handbook, discussing electrical safety during our CPO® class, we talk
TriChlor and DiChlor — What do they have in common?
Chlorine is an element of nature – it is number 17 in group 17 (Halogens) on the Periodic Chart of
Total Alkalinity – What is it exactly?
There are several phrases and terms used to describe Total Alkalinity (TA): The buffering capacity of water Water’s ability to
Baking Soda or Soda Ash?
When we discuss pool water balance in our CPO classes (as we did this past Thursday and Friday in Anaheim,
New ADA Standards
We started a new 2011 CPO class year, holding our first class in San Diego on January 6-7….it was a