What is balanced pool water? Balanced water is when calcium carbonate does not precipitate out of the water and stick to the plaster, plumbing, heater and ev erything else in …
Salt Water Chlorine Generators
We need chlorine in our swimming pools to disinfect the water and to oxidize the contaminants. Various chlorine compounds are available to the Pool Operator/Owner: liquid chlorine, quick dissolve granular (Dichlor), …
Grounding and Bonding – What’s the difference?
Halloween will soon be here, and Betty Davis, the Accounts Receivable Manager at PoolCorp’s SCP store in Riverside, is always ready. She has a tradition of decorating her office to the …
Know Your Test Kit (AND It’s Limitations)!
The main “tool of the trade” that we use as pool operators is our test kit and testing instruments. In our CPO certification class, we talk about and thoroughly explain, the four …
Incompatible Pool Chemicals
We had a full house in our CPO Certification class at SCP/PoolCorp in Riverside this past Thursday and Friday, June 23-24. We purchased more tables to accommodate everyone and are …
Water Safety Month
Did you know that May is Water Safety Month? One full chapter in our CPO Handbook (Chapter 14) is dedicated to Water Safety. As an introduction to the …
General Chemical Dosage Formulas
As we were going through the chemical dosage exercises in our CPO class this past Thursday and Friday at Superior Pool Products in Anaheim, the question was asked, “Is there …
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! (If you look through the slide show, you’ll see some …
pH Adjustment Dosage Charts
A swimming pool in optimium performing condition–one that is healthy and safe as possible–should be the goal of every Certified Pool Operator. And keeping the pool water balanced is a …
How Much D.E. Do You Put In That Filter?
In our CPO class, when we talk about D.E. filters, we stress that it’s the Diatomaceous Earth (D.E.), NOT the grids, which is the filter media. We have a D.E. …
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