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Know Your Test Kit (AND It’s Limitations)!

In CPO® Certification Classes & Comments, Tech Talk by Steve DonohoeJuly 17, 2011Leave a Comment

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 …

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Total Dynamic Head and the Pump Curve

In CPO® Certification Classes & Comments, Tech Talk by Steve DonohoeJuly 10, 20112 Comments

It’s already July, 2011 — and this year is more than half over.  Time is just FLYING by as we have fun teaching CPO classes! Last Monday was July 4, …

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Incompatible Pool Chemicals

In CPO® Certification Classes & Comments, Safety Tips by Steve DonohoeJune 26, 2011Leave a Comment

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 …

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How Much D.E. Do You Put In That Filter?

In CPO® Certification Classes & Comments, Tech Talk by Steve DonohoeFebruary 20, 20113 Comments

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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Flow Rate and Water Turnover

In CPO® Certification Classes & Comments, Tech Talk by Steve DonohoeFebruary 5, 20111 Comment

We were back in San Diego again presenting our CPO class this past Thursday and Friday, February 3-4.   Sitting in the class were two San Diego PoolCorp employees:  Matt …

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Our Last CPO Class in 2010

In CPO® Certification Classes & Comments by Steve DonohoeDecember 5, 20101 Comment

We had our FIRST class in 2010 at a new location in Anaheim:  the Superior Pool Products Headquarters (read about it here).  Over the year, this class site developed into our …

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High Chlorine will Bleach Out DPD Test

In CPO® Certification Classes & Comments, Tech Talk by Steve DonohoeNovember 8, 20103 Comments

We left Las Vegas on Wednesday and drove down to Riverside into 100 degree temperatures (yikes! a record temp for Riverside in November!) for our CPO class this past Thursday …

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UV and Swimming Pools

In CPO® Certification Classes & Comments, Tech Talk by Steve DonohoeOctober 25, 2010Leave a Comment

Let the counting and tallying begin!  Our host, SCP San Diego, was closed for inventory this past Thursday and Friday, October 21-22.  But the doors were open for education — …

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Chloramines – Not a good thing

In CPO® Certification Classes & Comments, Healthy Water by Steve DonohoeOctober 11, 20101 Comment

Chloramines – what are they? We returned to PoolCorp’s Anaheim facility, October 7-8, 2010 to teach a very large class of eager students.  In this CPO class (as well as …

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Disinfection – Oxidation – Circulation

In CPO® Certification Classes & Comments, Tech Talk by Steve DonohoeSeptember 27, 2010Leave a Comment

When Elise and I present our 2-Day CPO classes away from our home base in Anaheim (as we did this past Thursday and Friday, September 23-24  in Riverside), we usually travel the …

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Cyanuric Acid – a Study

  • Richard Falk - at nsf.org
  • Richard Falk's White Paper - June 2019
  • Some Press - Aqua Magazine - Oct 2015

New Codes & Guidelines

  • ADA Revision of 2010
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  • California Title 22
  • Pool & Spa Safety Act
  • The CMAHC - Updating the Code
  • The Model Aquatic Health Code (MAHC)

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