17 Jun, 2012 By Steve Donohoe Safety Tips, Tech Talk Manually Adding Chemicals to the Pool Chapter 9 of our Pool & Spa Operator™Handbook is all about adding chemicals to the swimming pool; using automated controllers/feeders or Read more
22 Apr, 2012 By Steve Donohoe CPO Classes El Monte Aquatic Center We held our first CPO® Certification Class at the El Monte Aquatic Center in El Monte, California this past Thursday and Friday, Read more
15 Apr, 2012 By Steve Donohoe Safety Tips National Water Safety Month – 2012 The month of May is National Water Safety Month: “an annual awareness campaign coordinated by the Association of Pool & Read more
11 Mar, 2012 By Steve Donohoe Tech Talk Available Chlorine Content On page 50 of our Pool & Spa Operator Handbook in chapter 5, there is an excellent chart that lists all the Read more
15 Jan, 2012 By Steve Donohoe Safety Tips 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 Read more
31 Aug, 2011 By Steve Donohoe Tech Talk 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 Read more
What changes the pH of pool water? Just about everything that is added to the pool water will change the pH. And anything that exits or
22 May, 2011 By Steve Donohoe Healthy Water Legionnaires’ Disease at the Playboy Mansion Let’s discuss the “infamous” Chapter Four of the Pool & Spa Operator Handbook by the National Swimming Pool Foundation. When we study Read more
17 Apr, 2011 By Steve Donohoe Tech Talk General Chemical Dosage Formulas As we were going through the chemical dosage exercises in our CPO class this past Thursday and Friday at Superior Read more
05 Apr, 2011 By Steve Donohoe Behind The Scenes, Education Opportunities CPO at the Western Pool & Spa Show We took our CPO class to the Western Pool & Spa Show (WPSS) in Long Beach, and it was great! Read more