12 Nov, 2012 By Steve Donohoe Behind The Scenes, Healthy Water Model Aquatic Health Code (MAHC): An Introduction As pool service professionals for public swimming pools, we have the duty and responsibility to know and understand the operational Read more
30 Oct, 2011 By Elise Education Opportunities NSPF Educational Opportunities We start the second day of our CPO class with the homework review. Did somebody say, “Homework? Ugh!” Well, 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
17 Jul, 2011 By Steve Donohoe Tech Talk 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 Read more
10 Jul, 2011 By Steve Donohoe Tech Talk Total Dynamic Head and the Pump Curve It’s already July, 2011 — and this year is more than half over. Time is just FLYING by as we Read more
26 Jun, 2011 By Steve Donohoe Safety Tips Incompatible Pool Chemicals We had a full house in our CPO Certification class at SCP/PoolCorp in Riverside this past Thursday and Friday, June 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
20 Feb, 2011 By Steve Donohoe Tech Talk 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 Read more
08 Nov, 2010 By Elise Behind The Scenes, Education Opportunities Viva Las Vegas! CPO class at the IPSPE Last minute CRAZY ideas sometimes DO work out!—right?…..at least, we found that to be true this past week. On Tuesday Read more