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Not bothering with water balance tests? You're asking for trouble!

Posted by poolplantcourses.com on Thursday, May 19, 2016, In : Pool Water Chemistry 
swimming pool water balance testing

Balanced water testing is something that swimming pools should be doing weekly in order to determine whether pool water is 'balanced'. This refers to whether the water is corrosive or scale-forming, or neither (balanced).

Corrosive water is contains little calcium (soft water) and is therefore ‘hungry’ for that substance. It will eat away at anything that contains the calcium it needs. Tile grout is usually high in calcium and is therefore very vulnerable to attack from corrosive water. 

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